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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Milwaukee Brewers needed a game like this after three straight one-run losses. nfl jerseys china . None more than John Axford. Martin Maldonados two-run, tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning off Matt Capps pushed the Brewers past the Minnesota Twins 5-3 on Friday night, and Axford bounced back from consecutive blown saves to preserve the lead. "I want to be there as many times as possible," Axford said, smiling, "because then were always winning, right? Corey Hart doubled to start the ninth against Capps (1-4). Then with two outs and two strikes, Maldonado drove a fastball into the bullpen. "Ive got to get the heater down," Capps said. "I get it down, its a groundball to short." Axford promptly pitched a 1-2-3 inning for his 11th save, and those excruciating defeats in Kansas City were quickly forgotten. "It can hurt the team, and it can hurt the guy thats out there closing. So all that was very important to me," manager Ron Roenicke said. Ryan Braun ended Francisco Lirianos no-hit bid with a one-out, three-run homer in the sixth inning on the left-handers 97th pitch after a pair of walks. Trevor Plouffe tied the game at 3 off Yovani Gallardo in the bottom of the frame with his second home run of the night, his seventh in seven games and 14th of the season. But Manny Parra, Kameron Loe (3-2) and Axford allowed the Twins only two singles over the final three innings. Braun said he never "ever" expects Axford to blow a save. "I still feel 100 per cent with him out there closing the game. You saw he proved it tonight," Gallardo said. "The past few days things havent gone his way, but you couldnt notice it out there on the mound." Liriano struck out six in six innings, walking four, hitting one batter and allowing just the one hit. He was sharp from the start, striking out the side in the second and recording six groundball outs over the first five innings. The Twins had a prime opportunity to further pad their lead by following Plouffes home run, on his 26th birthday, with three straight singles, the last by Casilla that made the score 2-0. But Denard Span gave Gallardo his first out with a sacrifice bunt. That put both runners in scoring position, but Ben Revere bounced out and after an intentional walk to Mauer, Josh Willinghams fly ball to centre field didnt quite reach the warning track. After taking all that time to only produce two runs, with Liriano sitting in the dugout and losing his rhythm, the Twins lost some of their edge. Liriano walked ninth hitter Edwin Maysonet and then Carlos Gomez -- he of the .303 on-base percentage entering the game -- for a second time with one out. Pitching coach Rick Anderson visited Liriano on the mound, Brian Duensing began warming up in the bullpen and ... Liriano hung an 0-2 slider that Braun hit over the centre-field wall. "Honestly? Just hoping not to strike out. His stuff was so good tonight," Braun said. Gallardo needed 109 pitches to finish six innings, but after allowing a pair of infield singles following Plouffes second homer he struck out Span to end that threat. Gallardo struck out seven and walked two while giving up eight hits. "Thats as good as hes thrown this year," Roenicke said. This is the Liriano the Twins have had to settle for, six years after his sensational rookie debut and subsequent elbow injury. In four starts since returning to the rotation last month, Liriano has a 3.04 with 29 strikeouts and just 12 hits allowed in 23 2-3 innings. But hes still struggling to bear down and get that critical out when he and the Twins need it. "When you walk the leadoff guy, you end up getting yourself in a little bit of a jam," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. NOTES: RH Mike Fiers (1-2, 4.50 ERA) pitches for the Brewers in Saturdays matinee against fellow rookie RH Liam Hendriks (0-2, 9.00) of the Twins. Fiers will make his fourth start for the Brewers. Hendriks will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester to rejoin the rotation after four starts at the beginning of the season for the Twins. ... Braun has at least one hit in his last 20 interleague games, batting .408 in that stretch. ... Plouffe is hitting .396 with four doubles, nine homers and 16 RBIs in 12 games this month. wholesale nfl jerseys . As the hours counted down to Fridays opening ceremony, the flag flap wasnt the only issue for organizers. A sprawling shopping mall next to the Olympic Park was briefly evacuated due to a fire alarm, officials at the Aquatics Centre were cranking up the air conditioning to bring down the heat for swimmers, and doping cost two more athletes their Olympic dream. cheap nfl jerseys . Financial details of the contract were not released. Shologan just completed his fourth season with the Green and White after originally being selected by the Riders in the first round (4th overall) in the 2008 CFL Canadian Draft.SEATTLE -- Clayton Richard pitched seven strong innings, Everth Cabrera had an RBI triple in a four-run sixth and the San Diego Padres hung on for a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. Seattle starter Felix Hernandez (4-5) foundered in his first outing in 11 days. The 2010 Cy Young Award winner pitched six innings, allowing nine hits, five runs and three walks. The Mariners made a late push by scoring three runs in the ninth. Michael Saunders homered. Chone Figgins doubled and Huston Street relieved Joe Thatcher and gave up an RBI single to Munenori Kawasaki. Ichiro Suzuki then singled. Kawasaki scored on a wild pitch that struck out Dustin Ackley, to cut the lead to 5-4. But Street got Jesus Montero to ground out to second base to end it for his sixth save. Richard (3-7) allowed eight hits and a run. He struck out three and walked one. It was the first time this season hes gone seven innings and allowed less than two runs. Hernandez left his outing June 1 at Chicago with back stiffness. The Mariners were able to keep Hernandez from the disabled list but he missed one start. He was not sharp in his return. The Padres scored four times in the sixth. Singles by Yonder Alonso, Cameron Maybin and Nick Hundley combined with a wild pitch from Hernandez and Cabreras triple to put San Diego in front 5-1. The Mariners also failed to turn a double play in the sixth when third baseman Kyle Seager fielded a grounder, thought about throwing to second, but retreated to third. He then threw late to first. Seager started the play just in front of the bag, forcing him to back up before throwing the ball with runners on first and second. Hernandez allowed the leadoff hitter to reach in each of the first three innings. But the Padres didnt score until the third, when he walked ninth-place hitter Cabrera. Cabrera stole second, then scored with two outs when Chase Headley hit a flare into shallow left fieldd. cheap jerseys from china. Hernandez threw 91 pitches, struggling the whole way. He had one 1-2-3 inning, and gave up nine hits and three walks to a team that came into the game hitting .229 on the season. San Diego left fielder Chris Denorfia led off the fourth with a triple, but watched the rest of the inning from third. Maybin grounded to short, Hundley struck out and Cabrera popped out to short. When Cabrera sliced Hernandezs cut fastball into the air, Hernandez screamed, "Up!" and threw a fist in celebration. Suzuki and Ackley opened the fourth with singles. Suzuki came in to score on a fielders choice from Seager, tying the game at 1. Entering the game, Richards held lefties to a .191 average. The first three Mariners hits were from left-handers. Saunders doubled with one out in the fourth, then stole third on the next pitch. Figgins struck out looking, and Suzuki grounded out following a walk to Brendan Ryan, stranding Saunders at third. Saunders was up with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth, but flew out to deep centre. He hit his seventh home run to centre in the ninth off Joe Thatcher, who was brought in to replace the cruising Luke Gregerson. Gregerson pitched 1 1-3 without allowing a baserunner before he was removed. Thatcher allowed a double to Figgins after the Saunders home run, and was removed without recording an out. Mariners reliever Stephen Pryor hobbled off after covering first base in the ninth, appearing to injure his groin. He was replaced by Charlie Furbush. Cabrera stole three bases, including two in the ninth. NOTES: San Diego manager Bud Black isnt sure who will start the weekend series beginning Friday in Oakland. Jason Marquis will pitch Wednesday and Edinson Volquez will pitch Thursday in Seattle. . Mariners manager Eric Wedge was also non-committal on his rotation. Kevin Millwoods status has been day to day since he injured his groin June 8, leaving unclear this weekends starters. cheap jerseys ' ' '