Vidro powers Expos' victory

The Padres and Astros won extra-inning games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONTREAL -- Tomo Ohka and Rocky Biddle combined on a three-hitter, and Jose Vidro homered and drove in two runs in leading the Montreal Expos over the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Saturday for their season-high third straight win.
Ohka (1-5), who lost his first five starts of the season, allowed Albert Pujols' double in the fourth and a pair of singles to Hector Luna in the fifth and eighth for his first complete game of the season.
Ohka struck out six and walked one in his fifth career complete game, and second by an Expos pitcher in three games. Biddle pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save in as many opportunities to complete Montreal's third shutout of the season.
Vidro hit an RBI double off Jason Marquis (1-3) in the third to give Montreal a 1-0 lead.
Montreal's second baseman added his fourth homer in the fifth, a drive just over the wall in the left-field corner on a 3-2 pitch to make it 2-0.
The Expos have won five of six after losing 20 of its first 25 games.
St. Louis fell to 9-5 on the road, including 2-3 on its current trip.
Rookie Terrmel Sledge went 2-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He's hitting .533 (16-for-30) during the streak, and has raised his average to .266 since beginning the season -- and his career -- with one hit in his first 34 at-bats (.030).
ST. LOUISMONTREAL
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Wmack 2b4000EChvez cf3110
Pearce p0000Vidro 2b4122
Lnkfrd lf4000OCbera ss4010
Pujols 1b4010Wlkrsn 1b4000
Edmnd cf3000TBtsta 3b4010
Rolen 3b3000Sledge lf3020
RSndrs rf3000JRivra rf3010
Luna ss3020Schndr c2000
Mtheny c2000Ohka p3000
MAndn 2b1000Biddle p0000
Mrquis p2000
Tguchi ph1000
McKay c0000
Totals30030Totals30282
St. Louis000000000--0
Montreal00101000x--2
E--Sledge (1). DP--St. Louis 1, Montreal 1. LOB--St. Louis 4, Montreal 7. 2B--Pujols (10), Vidro (7), OCabrera (3). HR--Vidro (4). CS--Sledge (1).
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
Marquis L,1-3772233
Pearce110000
Montreal
Ohka W,1-5830016
Biddle S,7100000
Umpires--Home, Greg Gibson; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Larry Poncino. T--2:16. A--5,611.
Padres 6, Marlins 3, 10 innings
MIAMI -- Sean Burroughs hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning to lead San Diego.
With the score 3-all, Miguel Ojeda opened the 10th with a broken-bat single to left, and Franklyn Gracesqui (0-1) hit Khalil Greene was hit by a pitch. Kerry Robinson's bunt single loaded the bases, and Burroughs singled for a 4-3 lead.
Mark Loretta followed with another RBI single, and another run scored when left fielder Jeff Conine bobbled the ball.
Akinori Otsuka (3-1) pitched one scoreless inning, and Trevor Hoffman threw a perfect 10th for his ninth save in 10 chances.
San Diego, which had 17 hits, won for the ninth time in 12 games. Florida, which had won eight of its previous nine games against the Padres, dropped to 1-4 in extra innings this season.
The Padres' Jay Payton reached base five times, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two walks and a single. Sean Burroughs also had three hits.
Padres starter Ismael Valdez allowed three runs and five hits in five-plus innings, while Florida's Darren Oliver gave up three runs and nine hits in five innings.
SAN DIEGOFLORIDA
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Loretta 2b5022LCstillo 2b5001
BGiles rf6120Lowell 3b5010
Nevin 1b6121Choi 1b5010
Payton cf4130Cbrera rf3231
Long lf4010Conine lf3011
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RVazqz ph1000AGnzlz ss4000
Otsuka p0000Oliver p1000
Hffman p0000LHarrs ph1010
Ojeda c4121Wayne p0000
Greene ss4111Perisho p0000
IValdez p2000Easley ph1000
Osuna p0000Bump p0000
Rbnson lf1110Nunez ph1000
Grcsqui p0000
Totals436176Totals36373
San Diego0101100003--6
Florida0101100000--3
DP--San Diego 1, Florida 3. LOB--San Diego 14, Florida 7. 2B--Nevin (5), Payton 2 (7), Lowell (7), Conine (7), LHarris (1). HR--Cabrera (10). SB--Robinson (2).
IPHRERBBSO
San Diego
IValdez553333
Osuna100013
Linebrink220002
Otsuka W,3-1100001
Hoffman S,9100000
Florida
Oliver593331
Wayne2-310010
Perisho1-300001
Bump330012
Gracesqui L,0-1143300
IValdez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBP--by Gracesqui (Greene), by Wayne (Loretta). Umpires--Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Charlie Reliford; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Doug Eddings. T--3:14. A--30,655.
Braves 5, Astros 4, 10 innings
ATLANTA -- Andruw Jones hit a 10th-inning homer to give the Atlanta Braves the victory over Houston, whose manager, bench coach and starting pitcher were ejected during a wild game.
The Braves rallied in both the eighth and ninth, then won it when Jones, mired in a 1-for-21 slump, hit a two-out, opposite-field homer off Ricky Stone (1-1) that barely cleared the right-field wall.
HOUSTONATLANTA
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Biggio cf5232Btemit ss4010
AEvrtt ss5020Lroche 1b4011
Bgwell 1b5000MGiles pr0000
JKent 2b5000Smoltz p0000
Hidalgo rf5000DWise ph1000
Lane lf3000Alfnsca p0000
Backe p0000CJones lf4001
Asmus c1010JDrew rf5120
Ensbrg 3b3220AJones cf5121
Lidge p0000EddPrz c3000
OPlmro ph1000JEstda c1110
Stone p0000DeRosa 3b2111
RChavz c3021JGarca 2b3111
JVzcno 3b1011HRmrz p2000
Oswalt p3000Grybsk p0000
Gallo p0000Ritsma p0000
Brkmn lf1010Furcal ph1000
JuFrco 1b0000
Totals414124Totals35595
Houston0110100010--4
Atlanta0100000211--5
Two outs when winning run scored.
DP--Houston 1, Atlanta 1. LOB--Houston 9, Atlanta 7. 3B--Ensberg (1), JGarcia (1). HR--Biggio 2 (6), AJones (5). SB--Ensberg (1), Berkman (1). S--DeRosa. SF--DeRosa.
IPHRERBBSO
Houston
Oswalt7 1-363327
Gallo1-300000
Backe1-300000
Lidge121111
Stone L,1-12-311102
Atlanta
HRamirez6 1-373326
Gryboski2-310000
Reitsma100000
Smoltz131102
Alfonseca W,3-0110000
HBP--by Oswalt (JGarcia). Umpires--Home, Gary Darling; First, Bill Hohn; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Mark Carlson. T--3:14. A--35,220.
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