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WASHINGTON -- Max Scherzer can live with giving up home runs as long as runners arent on base. Against a dominant Junior Guerra, even one solo blast was too many.Guerra outdueled Scherzer, Martin Maldonado homered, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Washington Nationals 1-0 on Monday.Guerra (6-1) allowed two hits in 7 1/3 innings, striking out seven and walking two. The 31-year-old rookie threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball in his previous start and has won three straight.Maldonado gave the Brewers the lead in the fifth when he sent a 2-1 pitch from Scherzer (9-6) over the visitors bullpen for his third homer of the season.Most of the times solo bombs, they dont beat you, said Scherzer, who has allowed an NL-high 21 homers. It happened today.One day after hitting six homers in a 12-1 win against the Reds, Washington batters were stifled by Guerra. In one stretch, he retired 12 straight before Jayson Werth singled with two outs in the sixth. Then, with runners on second and third after a walk and a wild pitch, Guerra struck out Wilson Ramos.We only had a couple of opportunities to score, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. Ive always said the advantage goes to the pitcher when you havent seen him before. ... We flirted with the fence most of the day and he kind of had us fishing for that split-finger.Shortstop Jonathan Villar made a sliding catch of Ben Reveres pop fly along the left-field foul line to end the eighth.Jeremy Jeffress pitched the ninth for his 22nd save as Milwaukee snapped a four-game losing streak.Scherzer threw 114 pitches in six innings as Milwaukee hitters consistently fouled off pitches. He gave up a run and four hits, while striking out seven and walking three. The right-hander hasnt pitched more than six innings in three of his last four starts.I just havent been quite as efficient over the past couple of outings, Scherzer said. Im kind of scratching my head over that.Fans were still settling in for the traditional 11:05 a.m. July 4 game when the Brewers lost a hit for batting out of order in the first. After No. 3 hitter Ryan Brauns two-out single, Baker visited home plate umpire Cory Blaser.Ultimately, Jonathan Lucroy, who was listed third on the lineup card given to the umpires before the game, was charged with an at-bat and an out. Braun, who does usually bat third, hit fourth and led off the second inning.I screwed up, Brewers manager Craig Counsell admitted. I was going with some different lineups yesterday with Ryan in and out of the lineup. And it was just my mistake. ... The guys certainly picked me up.NSYNCRHP Jonathan Papelbon (right rib muscle strain) returned from the 15-day DL and pitched a scoreless ninth. (Papelbon) gets our bullpen back in sync, Baker said.TRAINERS ROOMBaker kept a `banged-up 2B Daniel Murphy out of the lineup, but Murphy flied out as pinch hitter in the eighth ... RHP Joe Ross trip to the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation was mainly precautionary, Baker said, and that if this was late in the season Ross could have pitched.UP NEXT:Brewers: RHP Zach Davis (5-4, 4.22) allowed six runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings in his last outing, but had gone 5-0 with a 2.64 ERA over his 10 prior starts.Nationals: LHP Gio Gonzalez (4-7, 4.81) allowed six runs on six hits in a June 25 loss at Milwaukee. Hes given up three or more earned runs in his last eight starts. Wholesale Jerseys . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. China Jerseys . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. https://www.cheapjerseysjustwholesale.com/ . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday. Offcial Jerseys . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Soccer Jerseys . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football.Lakeside Hammers put in a dominant performance to beat the Belle Vue Aces 53-39 at Purfleet on Wednesday to go top of the table. The Essex club were never in any real danger throughout the meeting and survived a tactical ride from the Aces to take the points. Andreas Jonsson was the Hammers top man with 12+2, while Belle Vues Steve Worrall scored a stunning 17+1 from reserve. Lakeside Hammers went top of Elite League The home side had already built a nine-point advantage after four heats thanks to a Heat One 5-1 for Piotr Swiderski and Jonsson and a Heat Three 5-0 after both Aces riders fell and were excluded. Steve Worrall was the only Aces man to offer any resistance early on, winning Heats Two and Four in fine style. Steve Worrall was the man to beat on the night as he took the win in heat five after Max Fricke had touched the tapes and and the Aces got themselves back into the tie thanks to Matej Zagar and Craig Cook, who rounded the Hammers duo in spectacular style to ensure the 5-1. However, it was short lived as Kim Nilsson and Jonsson combined for a maximum in Heat Seven and the advantage was increased in Heat Eight as Richard Lawson took the chequered flag ahead of Steve Worrall who had passed Lewis Kerr to limit the damage for the Aces.Swiderski won heat nine with the Worrall brothers packing the minor placings for the Aces but being 11 points down Aces boss Mark Lemon decided to put Zagar on a tactical ride which he duly won. His teammate Fricke was passed by Lewis Bridger for second but a 7-2 put the away side back in contention on the night. Belle Vues Steve Worrall claimed the Rider of the Night award from Kelvin Tatum as he scored 17+1 for the Aces, including a great victory in Heat Two It would be as close as the Aces got though as the Hammers continued their dominance with a 4-2 in heat 11 as Jonsson beat Scott Nicholls, who had worked hard to get past Swiderski for second.dddddddddddd The Aces night was compounded when Cook withdrew from the meeting with injury and it was all over after Heat 13 when Jonsson passed Steve Worrall for the win and Nilsson passed Zagar for third for another 4-2 and a ten point lead to the Hammers.The Hammers ensured the Aces would go home empty handed with another maximum in heat 14 after an incredibly tight run to the third turn on the back straight left Nicholls with nowhere to go, a decision the seven-times British champion was less than pleased about.Zagar won heat 15 for the Aces but it was Lakeside that ran out 53-39 winners to go top of the Elite League table.In the other meeting of the night, the Poole Pirates returned to winning ways, inflicting a first defeat of the season on the Wolverhampton Wolves with a 51-39 win at Wimborne Road. Hans Andersen was in top form for the Dorset club scoring 13+1 whilst Joonas Kylmakorpi hit 10+1 for the Wolves.Watch live coverage of Coventry v Wolverhampton in the Elite League on Sky Sports 1 HD on Monday night from 7.30pm. Also See: Bet on Speedway with Sky Bet ' ' '