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CINCINNATI -- Pat Hoberg is Ramon Cabreras lucky charm.Hoberg was umpiring behind the plate last season when the Reds catcher hit his first career home run. Hoberg made it 2 for 2 on Thursday night. He was behind the plate when Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the second inning to lead Cincinnati to a 5-4 victory over the Miami Marlins.It was special for me, Cabrera said. I talked to the umpire. He said, `Do you remember who the umpire was when you hit your first home run off (John) Lackey? It was me.Dan Straily continued his second-half surge as Cincinnati made it eight wins in 10 series since the All-Star break.Billy Hamilton used aggressive baserunning to produce another run and Eugenio Suarez added an RBI double to give Cincinnati three straight wins over Miami after losing the opener of the four-game series.Straily (9-6) improved to 5-0 with a 2.68 ERA over his last six starts. He opened with five shutout innings before giving up Marcell Ozunas two-run homer in the sixth. Straily allowed six hits and struck out seven.It is a special year for Straily, Reds manager Bryan Price said. He is solidifying his career.Blake Wood turned in 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth for his second career save in two opportunities.Marlins starter Jose Fernandez (12-7) allowed five runs in a season-low four innings -- as many runs as he gave up in his four June starts -- to see his ERA over his last four starts climb to 6.00. The Reds reached him for seven hits and a walk while sending him to a career-worst third consecutive loss. He previously had never lost more than two consecutive decisions.We took advantage of Fernandez strikes early in the count, but he throws it around 100, Price said. He looked like a million bucks, but we got the barrel on the ball.Obviously, (the Reds) were squaring a lot of stuff up, manager Don Mattingly said. Im not quite sure. I havent seen the replay of the pitches, but balls kind of at the belt line and in the center of the plate are going to get hit.Thursdays numbers were remarkably similar to Fernandezs last start in Cincinnati, on April 18, 2013, his rookie season, when he also allowed five runs in four innings.From there, things got better, he said. I hope they better this time, too.Fernandez finished with six strikeouts, pushing him over 200 for the first time in his career. With 204, he is the sixth Marlin to reach 200 in a season and first since Anibal Sanchez with 202 in 2011.Martin Prado capitalized on an error by pitcher Jumbo Diaz with a two-run single in the seventh.MOVING UP: Fernandezs six strikeouts on Thursday leave him with 204 on the season, the third-highest season total in Marlins history. He trails Kevin Brown (205, 1997) and record-holder Ryan Dempster (209, 2000).POWER SURGE: Ozunas home run was his 22nd of the season and third of the four-game series. He is one homer short of matching the career high he set in 2014.ON THE VERGE: Joey Votto needs one double to reach 300 in his career and four RBI to reach 700.TRAINING ROOMMarlins: RHP A.J. Ramos is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Friday. If he feels OK on Saturday, Mattingly expects to be able to activate him on Sunday. Ramos, 1-1 with a 3.05 ERA and 32 saves in 47 relief appearances this season, has been out since Aug. 6 with a fracture of the third finger of his right hand.Reds: Problems with his patella and Achilles tendons related to last years knee surgery are plaguing SS Zack Cozart, who didnt start on Thursday for the third time in the four-game series.UP NEXTMarlins: RHP Tom Koehler (9-8) tries for his first win in five career starts against the Pirates when Miami opens a three-game series in Pittsburgh on Friday. He is 0-4 with a 5.73 ERA in his career against the Pirates.Reds: RHP Tim Adleman (1-1) is scheduled to make his first start since May 19 when the Reds open a four-game wraparound series against Los Angeles in Cincinnati. Adleman has been sidelined with a strained left oblique. Adidas Stan Smith Rea . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Adidas NMD R2 Rea .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. http://www.nmdsverige.com/ . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. Adidas Continental 80 Dam . Walcott is available for Saturdays home match against Southampton as Arsenal looks to extend its two-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The Gunners are currently the second highest scorers in the league but Wenger insists Walcott will add something extra to his team. Adidas NMD R1 Dam Rea . It might not have mattered. While the Dodgers are preparing for the playoffs, the Padres showed their future has promise behind two rookies. In a year that has already proven to be massive for the UFC, with one major card after another, UFC 205 on Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York looks to be the biggest and most important of them all. In honor of such a marquee event, ESPN.com is providing dedicated previews to all 13 bouts on the card, breaking down whats at stake and projecting who will win, along with quotes and statistics for each fighter.Welterweight championship: Tyron Woodley (16-3) vs. Stephen Thompson (13-1)Odds as of Nov. 5: Woodley +170, Thompson -200Dana Whites thoughtsIts an interesting fight because Woodley did just knock out Robbie Lawler in the first round, which is super impressive. Wonderboy Thompson has been on a tear, [having] just beat Rory MacDonald, and before that he beat Johny Hendricks in nasty fashion. So he beat two really good guys, and if you look at the size difference, Wonderboy is so much bigger than Woodley in height and reach. Its a fun fight. This is in New York because its a great fight. I wanted to build the best card weve ever done for Madison Square Garden in New York. Neither of these guys are from there, but this is just a great fight.Whats at stake?Woodley says he got the money fight after allOne would think a first-round, highlight-reel knockout in a welterweight championship fight wouldnt get you booed ahead of your next fight.Such is the case for Woodley, however, who acknowledges that hes headed into UFC 205 with a healthy amount of trolls in his wake. Thats despite a spectacular performance against Lawler in June.Woodley, who trains out of St. Louis and Milwaukee, believes its mostly due to misunderstanding. He said fans are under the impression that he purposefully sat out and waited for his title shot against Lawler -- he went 17 months between fights -- but those fans forget he was supposed to fight Hendricks in October. The fight never happened because Hendricks experienced a poor weight cut.After that, Woodley said the UFC made it pretty clear he was next in line. It just took a while for the promotion to tell him when he was fighting for the title.A lot of people, Stephen included, called it me waiting it out, Woodley said. I had a full training camp to fight Hendricks. In January, I was told I was going to be fighting Robbie. So I thought I was just waiting on a date. [Declining matchups] never happened.The negative fan reaction also likely stems from Woodleys comments immediately after winning the title, when he said he wished to have a money fight against Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz -- not necessarily Thompson. But again, Woodley said he accepted the Thompson fight the second it was offered to him, and as far as calling out St-Pierre, the former champ, who has said he intends to come out of retirement, Woodley wont apologize for that.Fighting is the only sport where fans dont understand this is our living, Woodley said. If I have a chance to make a larger amount of money in a legacy fight against the No. 1 welterweight in history, it makes sense for me to want that fight. You have a lot of pay-per-view money coming to this company. Why shouldnt the champion partake in a piece of that pie?This fight is still a money fight, though. Its breaking records. Fans dont realize that I got what I wanted. Im going to torch Stephen Thompson, and I made sure I get to do it in New York.Thompson: The (Canadian) elephant in the roomNine years ago, Thompson tore every ligament in his left knee.dddddddddddd Doctors said his kickboxing career was likely over. In the end, they were right -- but not for the reasons they thought.Thompson, 33, worked tirelessly to come back from the injury, but it took time. During that process, he started working with St-Pierre at Tristar MMA in Montreal. By the time the injury was completely healed, MMA had overtaken kickboxing as his primary focus.When I got injured, I wasnt really sure where my kickboxing career was taking me, Thompson said. I had been fighting every weekend since I was 15. I was getting a little burned out, but then when they told me I might never fight again, it was crushing.I believe everything happens for a reason, and I wouldnt be where I am today without that injury. During that time, I transitioned to MMA, but I also got back a fire to compete. So when I did jump into MMA, I wasnt burned out at all anymore.St-Pierre was around for a crucial period of Thompsons transition, which has an impact on his current situation. Thompson is favored to win the welterweight title over Woodley, and if he does, one of the biggest fights for him would be a defense against St-Pierre.Thompson has already gone on record saying he believes St-Pierre would deserve a title shot, even though he hasnt fought since 2013. Due to the personal relationship with St-Pierre, its not a fight he wants -- but he isnt ruling it out, either.Hes a good buddy of mine, Thompson said. He was a big part of my inspiration. I was fairly disappointed when I had to fight another Tristar guy in Rory MacDonald, and I definitely have a closer relationship with Georges than Rory.I wouldnt want that fight to be honest, but he is one of the best. If he does come back and wants to fight for the title and Im there? May the best man win -- but I wouldnt want to be the one to call for that fight.Key statsWoodley: 16-3 record (6-2 UFC); five of 10 previous champions have defended welterweight title at least onceWoodley: 68 percent significant strike defense, best among active UFC welterweightsThompson: 13-1 record (8-1 UFC); seven-fight win streakThompson: 4.7 strikes landed per minute, sixth-highest among active UFC welterweightsBreakdownThere was a time not that long ago that Woodleys collegiate wrestling background wouldve been the X factor in this matchup. Today, however, that is no longer the case.Its not that Woodleys wrestling cant (or wont) have an impact on this title fight, but it might better serve as a plan B. Thompson has not surrendered a takedown since 2012, which was also the last (and only) time he suffered a loss.Thompsons size and style creates so much real estate between himself and an opponent. Its reasonable to think an experienced wrestler, who is used to that explosive first step -- that shot, if you will -- would have as good a chance as anyone to close through it. Woodley is as fast as they come, and that closing speed applies to his right hand as much as, if not more than, his double leg. Then again, the same could have been said about Hendricks when he fought Thompson -- and he was run out of the building.Prediction:?Thompson by third-round TKOYou make the call: ' ' '