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MIAMI -- Ichiro Suzuki received a standing ovation stepping to the plate as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning Thursday, and when he doubled, the cheering became louder.There was even hooting and hollering in the Miami Marlins clubhouse for their teammate.I was icing, said ace Jose Fernandez, who had left the game. We were yelling and jumping with my hand in the ice.Suzukis hit was No. 2,998 and helped the Marlins score their final run, but they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4.St. Louis Aledmys Diaz homered, doubled and drove in three runs against childhood pal Fernandez, who fell behind 5-0, left after five innings and dropped to 26-2 at Marlins Park.Miamis Dee Gordon, the 2015 NL batting and stolen bases champion, returned from an 80-game suspension for failing a drug test and went 0 for 4.Suzuki drew closer to the 3,000-hit milestone even though he began the game on the bench for the sixth time in the past seven games during Miamis homestand. Manager Don Mattingly had no apologies about playing his 42-year-old fourth outfielder sparingly.I dont think hes searching to make this about him, Mattingly said. I think hes comfortable with the way were playing it.Even so, fans and teammates are eager for Suzuki to reach the milestone.Every time he comes up to hit I feel like a kid, Fernandez said. Its an honor to be a part of the history hes making. When he comes up to hit youre watching a god, one of the best who has ever done it.Diaz and Matt Holliday homered in the third inning against Fernandez (12-5), who had never previously given up more than one homer in a home game. His only other loss at Marlins Park came on opening day this year against Detroit.Michael Wacha (6-7) allowed three runs in six innings, and three relievers completed an eight-hitter. Seung Hwan Oh pitched around a one-out single in the ninth for his seventh save.Diaz and Fernandez were neighbors growing up in Santa Clara, Cuba, and the Cardinals enjoyed their reunion. Fernandez walked Jeremy Hazelbaker to start the third inning, and Diaz followed with his 14th homer.Two batters later, Holliday hit his 18th homer just inside the right-field foul pole, prompting a rueful grin from Fernandez. The outing was his shortest since May 4.Martin Prado hit a two-run homer for the Marlins.UNDER SIEGEMarcell Ozell hit comebackers off Wacha (right leg) and Oh (left buttocks). Both stayed in the game.BALK REVERSALThe umpires said they erroneously reversed a balk call, taking a Cardinals run off the board in the second inning.With runners at second and third and two out, Fernandez was about to intentionally walk No. 8 hitter Kolten Wong when third base umpire D.J. Reyburn called a balk. Fernandez protested, and after the four umpires conferred, they reversed the call and decided there was no balk.Wacha struck out to end the inning and keep the game scoreless. After the game, crew chief John Hirshbeck reviewed video and decided Reyburns balk call had been correct.D.J. called it from third, and I thought I saw (Fernandez) step off with his right foot, Hirshbeck said. I overruled D.J. with what I thought I saw. He was right, I was wrong.CARDINALS ROTATIONCardinals LHP Jaime Garcia will start Saturday on four days rest, manager Mike Matheny said. Garcia threw 77 pitches Tuesday, when he gave up two earned runs in five innings and lost to the Mets.UP NEXTCardinals RHP Mike Leake (7-8, 4.24), who is scheduled to start Friday, is 3-0 with an 0.44 ERA in three starts at Marlins Park. RHP Jose Urena (1-2, 5.34) will start for Miami.NMD 2020 NZ . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. 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Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments.PHILADELPHIA -- Andy Davidson spent his first year at Army as a linebacker. The coaches are certainly glad they moved him to the offensive side of the ball for his sophomore season.Davidson ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns in his first game at fullback and Army piled up 329 yards on the ground to beat Temple 28-13 on Friday night in the opener for both teams.Andy was a great addition for us to move from linebacker, Army coach Jeff Monken said. Hes one of our best football players. Im glad we made that move with him.Three other Army players gained at least 50 rushing yards for the Black Knights, coming off a 2-10 season. They attempted only five passes all night and backed their offense with three interceptions.Temple, which entered the season with huge expectations after a historic 2015 campaign, finished with 251 total yards of offense to lose to Army for the first time in its last seven meetings.Its a measuring stick, Monken said, When you play a team that won 10 games, won a bowl game, played for a conference championship -- thats a huge win for us.Trailing 10-7 at halftime, Army drove right down the field to start the third quarter with Davidsons 3-yard TD plunge capping a 12-play, 77-yard series that chewed nearly seven minutes off the clock.After a Temple field goal pulled the Owls within one, the Black Knights again went on a long drive with Tyler Campbell scoring on a 12-yard run on the 14th play of the series to put Army ahead 21-13 with 9:38 left in the contest.Kenneth Brinson sealed the win with an interception with 3:11 remaining, sending many of the 34,005 fans in attendance to the parking lot early. Davidson scored his second TD of the game -- and of his career -- less than a minute later.The offensive line did excellent, Davidson said. They bolstered me all night. I couldnt be more proud of them. I owe all the yards to them.With standout senior Jahad Thomas out with a hand injury, Ryquell Armstead got the start at running back for Temple, finishing with 77 yards on 16 carries, scoring a first-half touchdown that put Temple up 7-0 less than 30 seconds into the second quarter.Phillip Walker, the Owls four-year starter at quarterback, completed 12 of 26 passes for 168 yards and three interceptions. He became Temples all-time passing leader with a 14-yard pass to Keith Kirkwood in third quarter, surpassing Henry Burris.Ahmad Bradshaw and Chris Carter shared quarterbacking duties for Army with Bradshaw taking the bulk of the snaps and tying the game at 7-7 on a 10-yard TD run in the second quarter. He finished with 50 yardds on 16 carries.ddddddddddddOne of our goals this season is to finish games no matter what, Bradshaw said. To put a stamp on it felt great.THE TAKEAWAYARMY: The Black Knights famous triple-option attack was certainly in gear as Army sliced through a Temple defense that was the best in the American Athletic Conference last season. The game could not have gone much better for the Black Knights, especially when you consider their disappointing 2-10 campaign in 2015 ended with a heartbreaking-season ending loss to Navy in the same stadium.Its big for us, said linebacker Jeremy Timpf, who led Army with eight tackles. We were here last year and had a tough loss to Navy. It feels really good to start the season right. All the hard work in the offseason paid off.TEMPLE: Following a memorable season in which Temple matched a program record with 10 wins, went to their first bowl game since 2011 and captured an AAC Eastern Division title, Temple entered the 2016 campaign with high hopes. Getting upset by a team coming off a 2-10 season was certainly not the start envisioned by fourth-year head coach Matt Rhule, whos been trying to build the program into a national power.They just dominated us, said Rhule, whose first win at Temple came against Army in 2013. They literally just knocked us off the ball.START OF A TURNAROUND?Considering theyre only one game into the season, Monken tried to downplay whether Armys convincing opening victory could be the start of something big. But for the players, the excitement of beating a strong team on the road was certainly palpable.Weve had rough patches, Timpf said. Hopefully this is a turnaround and the programs headed in the right direction.TOUGH SLEDDINGAlthough they gained so many yards on the ground, Monken praised Temples defense for making them work for every one of them.It was a tough sled, Monken said. It wasnt like we were ripping off 20-yard runs. We were getting it bit by bit.SURVIVING SPECIAL TEAMS BLUNDERSMonken was particularly proud that his team won despite missing two field goals and having a punt blocked by Sharif Finch in the second quarter.That punt block was the fourth of Finchs career. The Owls led the nation in blocked punts last year with five.UP NEXTARMY: The Black Knights have their home opener, welcoming Rice next Saturday, Sept. 10.TEMPLE: The Owls host Stony Brook next Saturday, before a huge road clash with in-state rival Penn State the following week. ' ' '