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Monday, May 1 8:05pm ET
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Octavio Dotel combined with three relievers on a two-hitter, and Mitch Meluskey went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBI to lead the Houston Astros over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 Monday night. Steve Woodard (0-4) extended his winless streak to 16 starts since he beat Kansas City last July 16. Woodard, 0-7 in that span, allowed three runs, nine hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings innings. Houston took three of four in the series, blanking the Brewers twice. Milwaukee has been shut out three times this season. Dotel (1-2) retired his first 11 batters, striking out five, before walking Jeromy Burnitz in the fourth. His sixth strikeout ended the inning, but Tyler Houston broke up the no-hit bid in the fifth with a one-out bunt single down the third-base line. Dotel fielded the ball cleanly, but Houston just beat the throw. Dotel retired the next two batters, then left because of a sore left hip. He lowered his ERA from 5.04 to 4.20. He allowed just the one hit, winning for the first time since beating Philadelphia in relief for the New York Mets last Sept. 19. Mike Maddux held the Brewers hitless until Houston's two-out double in the seventh. Jay Powell and Billy Wagner each followed with a hitless inning. Meluskey hit a two-run homer in the second, his third homer of the season, then added a single in the fourth following Daryle Ward's bloop double and Richard Hidalgo's looping liner to center. Following Meluskey's hit, Tim Bogar grounded to third baseman Jose Hernandez, who threw high to home, but Houston made a sweeping tag on Hidalgo for the second out. Dotel sacrificed, Craig Biggio was intentionally walked to load the bases and Roger Cedeno hit into an inning-ending fielder's choice Houston added two runs in the ninth off Curtis Leskanic on pinch-hitter Bill Spiers' RBI double and Hidalgo's sacrifice fly. Hidalgo was 3-for-3 with three singles. Notes: The Brewers have not had a winning record in May since going 17-14 in 1988. ... Brewers' RHP Rocky Coppinger was scheduled for surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. ... The crowd was considerably below the announced figure of 7,247. There were never more than 20 fans in the right-field bleachers. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Houston Clubhouse Milwaukee Clubhouse RECAPS Boston 10 Detroit 6
Houston 5
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