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MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke realizes one victory doesnt necessarily end the St. Louis Cardinals recent dominance over the Brewers. But its a start. Wily Peralta allowed one run in 6 1-3 innings, and the Brewers beat the Cardinals 5-1 Wednesday to avoid a series sweep. Milwaukee, which entered the series with a nine-game winning streak, had one run and six hits in losing the first two games to St. Louis. The Cardinals won last years season series 14-5. "Whats really important -- most important -- is we lost two games to begin the series and we got that game back," Roenicke said. "Its important against our division, but we have to win more games than they do. Its not head to head. We have to win more games this season then they do. Thats what were playing for." Peralta (2-0) allowed six hits and struck out three, and three pitchers combined for scoreless relief. "He was a show-stopper today," Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. "He stopped their momentum and shut them down. He was a lot of fun to catch." Cardinals starter Joe Kelly (1-1) gave up an unearned run and three hits in four innings. Kelly left in the middle of the fourth inning with left hamstring tightness after trying to beat out a bunt attempt in the top half. "I felt like I tried to step a little quicker, maybe a little overextend and hit the bag a little bit before it and ended up tweaking it," said Kelly, who said he was scheduled to return to St. Louis for additional examination and treatment. "I was feeling pretty good. I had three pitches working for me first time the whole year. I had a slider, and a pretty good curve ball breaking down and had some velocity on my fastball and was locating it." Milwaukee went ahead in the third inning when first baseman Matt Adams misplayed Logan Schafers leadoff bouncer for an error, Peralta sacrificed and Carlos Gomez hit an RBI double to the wall in right-centre, one pitch after bunting foul. The Brewers boosted the lead to 4-0 in the fifth against Seth Maness. Wily Peralta reached when his two-out liner went off the glove of shortstop Jhonny Peralta. Gomez walked, Jean Segura reached on an infield single, Lucroy followed with a two-run single and Aramis Ramirez had an RBI single. "I saw the replay," Roenicke said on Wily Peraltas hit. "I thought the ball did something funny on him. When they showed the replay from the centre-field camera, you can see the ball slowly turn over, which gives you the idea its going to knuckle a little bit. It kind of jumped behind him." Allen Craig hit his first home run of the season, a sixth-inning drive off Peralta. Pat Neshek walked pinch-hitter Lyle Overbay with the bases loaded in the eighth. NOTES: Ryan Braun, still bothered by an ailing right thumb, was held out of the starting lineup. Braun, hitting 269, has three homers and 10 RBIs -- but all the homers and seven RBIs came at Philadelphia on April 8. ... Roenicke is pleased with the defensive play of new 1B Mark Reynolds and Lyle Overbay. Brewers first basemen had 21 errors last year, including 10 by Juan Francisco. "I did hear when we first got him, through the grapevine, that hes got good hands," Roenicke said of Reynolds, primarily a third baseman for much of his career. "He doesnt have great foot speed, but range-wise, he does a nice job." ... Official scorer Tim ODriscoll originally credited Wily Peralta with a single in the fifth, then changed it to an error on Jhonny Peralta, then after the game ruled it a hit for Wily Peralta. Daniel Murphy Jersey . Redden played a total of 1,023 regular-season games with Ottawa, the New York Rangers, St. Louis and Boston. He finished with 457 points (109 goals, 348 assists) and a plus-160 rating over his career. Wilmer Difo Jersey . Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers were left fretting over an MRI on the stars left knee. 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Now in my view, Orpik can be clearly seen leaving his feet while delivering a moderately high hit.HOUSTON -- Andre Johnson was in midseason form, and the rest of Houstons young receiving group looked pretty good, too. Johnson had 131 yards receiving before halftime in his first extended work of the preseason Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. But New Orleans backups scored two touchdowns in the second half to help the Saints to a 31-23 victory. Johnson didnt play in the preseason opener and had less than a quarter of work last week. On Sunday, he grabbed seven of the eight passes thrown to him, highlighted by a 39-yard reception. "When we sit down and game plan I try to figure out ways to get Andre the ball," coach Gary Kubiak said. "Its a compliment to the other guys that Andres able to get the ball so much." The Texans dont have a lot of experience at receiver behind Johnson, an 11-year veteran. But Kubiak has been impressed by the development of Lestar Jean, who had 36 yards receiving Sunday, and Keshawn Martin, who finished with 10. The group is also expected to get a boost this season from first-round draft pick DeAndre Hopkins, who missed Sundays game after sustaining a concussion last week. "We just try to make the best of the opportunities," Johnson said. "We got a lot of opportunities in the first half of the game. I just did what I could." Quarterback Matt Schaub raved about the group and said he has "total confidence" in the young players. Schaub was 15 of 26 for 213 yards for Houston (2-1), and Ben Tate ran for 74 yards and a score filling in for Arian Foster. "He looked very good," Kubiak said of Tate. "Hes been our one healthy veteran back. I think Bens ready. I think hes going to have a really good year." Drew Brees was four of six for 104 yards and a touchdown for the Saints (3-0) before sitting down after the third possession. "I felt like we were just kind of hitting our stride when a couple of us got pulled," Brees said. With Marques Colston still sitting out with a left foot injury, rookie fifth-round pick Kenny Stills continued to impress with 54 yards receiving and a touchdown. "Im getting more comfortable and getting more used to being out there," Stills said. "Its about playing football and having fun, and thats really all it is." Backup Luke McCown came in with 8 minutes left in the second quarter. He finished with 118 yards and two touchdowns. Andy Tanner had 33 yards receiving with two touchdown receptions in the second half for New Orleans. Tate piled up 51 yards on Houstons second drive, with the highlight coming on a 39-yard run when he darted to the outside and cut back in for the big gain. He capped it with a 1-yard run that gave Houston a 7-0 lead. Schaub was sacked by Cameron Jordan when he manhandled Derek Newton on third down on Houstons next possession and the Texans settled for a 48-yard field goal from Randy&nbbsp;Bullock.dddddddddddd Johnson beat his coverage and was wide open for the 39-yard reception in the second quarter. Schaub was sacked after that and Houstons offence stalled before Bullock made it 13-7 with a 55-yard field goal. "We moved the heck out of the ball, weve just got to score more points and be better in the red zone," Kubiak said. The Saints couldnt get much going on offence in their first two drives. Willie Jefferson got his hands on Brees in the end zone on the third play of their first drive. But before he could bring him down, the quarterback got off a pass that fell incomplete. Martin returned the punt for a touchdown, but it was called back because of an illegal block by Brandon Harris. Brees was sacked by Jared Crick to force a punt and end the next drive. The Saints finally started clicking after that. Brees found Pierre Thomas on a short pass and linebacker Joe Mays was there to make the tackle, but Thomas wriggled free and dashed for a 51-yard touchdown dash to cut the lead to 10-7 early in the second quarter. The Saints got that drive going on another catch and run when Brees finessed a short floater to Mark Ingram which he turned into a 29-yard gain. McCowns first drive ended with a 51-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley that cut Houstons lead to 13-10. Stills grabbed a 40-yard pass over Kareem Jackson on third-and-6. Stills finished the drive four plays later when he beat Johnathan Joseph to get wide open on the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown reception to put New Orleans up 17-13. Harris was called for his second costly penalty of the game on a 40-yard pass interference call on the first play of the second half. New Orleans took advantage of the penalty when McCown found Tanner for an 8-yard touchdown strike to make it 24-16. T.J. Yates threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Alec Lemon to get Houston to 24-23 late in the third quarter. Tanners second touchdown grab pushed the Saints lead to 31-23 in the fourth. Houston played without defensive end Antonio Smith, who served the first game of a three-game suspension for hitting Miami guard Richie Incognito with the Dolphins players helmet last week. Smith ripped the helmet off Incognitos head, then hit Incognito on the shoulder with it Aug. 17. Fellow Houston defensive end and the 2012 defensive player of the year J.J. Watt also sat out for the Texans. Tate got another start despite Foster returning to practice this week for the first time since May after dealing with calf and back injuries. Kubiak has said that Foster could start in Houstons opener Sept. 9 without getting a preseason snap. NOTES: Houston tight end Garrett Graham injured his hip, but Kubiak said he should be OK. ... Johnsons 131 yards receiving were the second-most in a half in Houston preseason history. ... Ingram and Thomas combined for just 43 yards rushing, but added another 79 yards receiving. ' ' '