MIAMI _ All Jose Fernandez needed was to return to the mound in Little Havana.
After Marlins ace Fernandez surrendered a career-high nine runs in his last outing in Atlanta, he was back to being his dominant, All-Star caliber self.
Behind a seven-inning outing with just an unearned run against him, Fernandez improved to a gaudy 25-1 at home in his career and the Marlins returned home from a nine-game road trip with a 3-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the first of a three-game set that preludes the All-Star break.
Miami (45-41) bounced back from a 3-6 road trip as the Reds (32-55) dropped one after winning two in a row following a 2-11 stretch.
Fernandez (11-4), who struck out eight Friday, eluded a rough second go around the order where, between the fourth and fifth innings, he gave up hits to five of seven batters faced. The Cuban right-hander escaped with just the unearned run against him due to two booted balls in the outfield on hits in the fourth.
Outside of the fourth and fifth, Fernandez gave up just one hit, hit one batter and walked nobody. He improved his career ERA at home to 1.43.
The Marlins had all nine innings of Friday's win pitched by an All-Star representing the National League in Tuesday's All-Star Game. The bullpen duo of Fernando Rodney and A.J. Ramos closed it as Rodney pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Ramos converted his 26th save in 27 opportunities with a perfect ninth.
Christian Yelich, who finished 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, put the Marlins up 3-1 with a solo homer to dead center in the sixth. Derek Dietrich broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth when he singled home Yelich.
Both Yelich and Giancarlo Stanton mishandled base hits in the outfield for errors that allowed the runner to take second in the fourth. Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton scored on an Adam Duvall RBI single, and the inning ended when Duvall tried to score from second on an infield single Dietrich dove for at second.
Miami struck first as Yelich delivered a double just inside the left-field foul line in the first inning to drive home Martin Prado, who doubled to right before him.
