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Sunday, Aug. 20 3:05pm ET
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HOUSTON -- The Milwaukee Brewers had such an odd winning rally even they weren't sure how they won the game. Henry Blanco doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the Brewers snapped the Houston Astros' six-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory Sunday. Charlie Hayes singled with one out in the ninth off Wayne Franklin, who was relieved by Jose Cabrera (2-3). Rafael Belliard followed with a grounder between first and second. The ball hit Hayes, who was ruled out on the play, and Belliard reached on a single. "I thought the baseball gods were against us then," Brewers manager Davey Lopes said. "When (Hayes) got hit, I was about to blow my brains out. I thought somebody doesn't want us to win this game." Blanco, who went 3-for-5, then doubled to right center to score Belliard with the go-ahead run. Hitting just .226, he was just glad Lopes didn't pinch hit for him. "I was ready to go," Blanco said. "It made me feel good that he didn't pinch hit in that situation." "That was a big hit by Henry," Lopes said. "He had a good day at the plate. That was probably his best day offensively. His hits were big." Curtis Leskanic (4-3) pitched two hitless innings for the victory. "When I came in the clubhouse somebody asked me how we won and I said, 'I don't know,"' Lopes said. Neither did the rest of the Brewers. "It was just a freak play and it kept us from having men on first and third," Milwaukee's Geoff Jenkins said. "If they had ended up winning, it would have really been lousy." Manager Larry Dierker criticized his defense that allowed one run on Bill Spiers' error in the fifth inning. Center fielder Richard Hidalgo also bobbled Blanco's double momentarily or he might have had a close play at home on Belliard. "If we had made the plays defensively, we still could have won the game," Dierker said. "If you have to use your relief pitchers every day, you can't expect them to be sharp." Jeff Bagwell hit his 38th homer and ninth in the past 10 games for Houston. Hidalgo added his 31st homer, a solo shot in the second inning. Geoff Jenkins tied his career high with four hits for Milwaukee. He had a run-scoring double in the third and a run-scoring single in the sixth. Trailing 4-2 in the seventh, Houston scored three runs to take the lead. Hidalgo and Moises Alou each singled and advanced to second and third on a sacrifice. Tony Eusebio's two-run single to left center tied the game and he scored the go-ahead run on Chris Truby's double. Mark Loretta's run-scoring single off Marc Valdes in the eighth inning tied it at 5 for Milwaukee. Bagwell's solo homer off Paul Rigdon in the fourth gave Houston a 2-1 lead and extended his hitting streak to a career-high-tying 18 games. Hayes' sacrifice fly tied the game at 2 in the fifth, and an error by second baseman Bill Spiers allowed Jenkins to score the go-ahead run. Loretta singled to right in the eighth inning to drive in Blanco to tie the game again at 5-5. Game notesJenkins was momentarily stunned in a collision with third baseman Truby while running the bases in the third inning. After several minutes to collect himself, he stayed in the game ... Tony Eusebio stretched his career-high hitting streak to 19 games, longest active streak in the majors. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Milwaukee Clubhouse Houston Clubhouse RECAPS Cleveland 12 Seattle 4
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