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Milwaukee Brewers farmhand Manny Parra pitched a perfect game Monday night, leading the Nashville Sounds to a 3-0 victory over Round Rock in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.

Making his second start at Triple-A, Parra struck out 11 and threw 77 of his 107 pitches for strikes against the Express, a Houston Astros affiliate. It was the eighth perfect game in the PCL's 104-year history — but only the third in a nine-inning game. The others came in seven-inning games.

The last pitcher to throw a nine-inning perfect game in the PCL also was a member of the Sounds. John Wasdin, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, accomplished the feat on April 7, 2003, against Albuquerque. Tacoma's John Halama did it in July 2001.

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CLEVELAND (AP) - CC Sabathia joined Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners by pitching the Cleveland Indians to a 5 to 2 win over Oakland.

Sabathia is 11-2. He allowed nine hits in his second complete game this month. He's 2-5 lifetime in 12 career starts against the A's.

Ryan Garko drove in two runs with a fourth-inning double off Chad Gaudin, who fell to 6-3. Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland.

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Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder hits a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Monday, June 25, 2007, in Milwaukee.

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MILWAUKEE --Ben Sheets didn't have his best stuff. Against a tired Astros squad, it didn't matter. Sheets flashed a 94 mph fastball, a big curve and kept a groggy group of Astros hitters off balance in winning his fifth consecutive decision in Milwaukee's 6-1 victory over Houston on Monday night.

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MILWAUKEE - Ben Sheets won his fifth consecutive decision, and Prince Fielder hit his National League-leading 27th home run as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Monday night.

The NL Central-leading Brewers have won 10 of 12 since being no-hit by the Detroit Tigers? Justin Verlander on June 12. The Astros, on the last leg of a nine-game road trip, have lost five of their last seven.

Sheets (9-3) allowed five hits and three walks in six innings. He?s allowed three runs or fewer in each of his last 13 starts and has won five straight decisions for the first time since 2001, his rookie year.

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