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Sunday, Jun. 25 1:35pm ET
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MONTREAL (AP) -- Jose Vidro hopes opposing pitchers continue to concentrate their efforts on dealing with Vladimir Guerrero. Vidro and Guerrero homered to back Mike Johnson's seven scoreless innings as the Montreal Expos avoided a three-game sweep Sunday with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. "I hope they keep it the same way," Vidro said. "Don't think too much about me right now, just keep worrying about Vladimir and I'm going to do my stuff. It's been pretty good so far, so why change?" Vidro's first-inning single off Paul Byrd (1-6) made him the first NL player with 100 hits this season. It also tied his career-best hitting streak of 10 games, set last season. His 12th homer with one out in third gave the Expos a 1-0 lead and tied his career-high for homers. "I've been working very hard all year and it feels good to put up those kind of stats," Vidro said. Guerrero, who went 2-for-3 with a walk to raise his average to .365, homered off reliever Jeff Brantley in the eighth for his 99th hit this season. "I think Mike Johnson did everything for us today out there," Vidro said. "We got two home runs by me and Vlady and an RBI by Michael Barrett, which was great, but he was the whole game. I think all the credit goes to him." Johnson (3-2) allowed five hits and three walks, striking out four. Steve Kline allowed one run over the last two innings for his eighth save. "They said that I was done after the seventh inning and I didn't question anything that they said," Johnson said. "They said I was done, and that was it. We have Steve Kline coming in behind me, who's just been doing really well for us all year, so I don't put too much into it." The attendance was 13,164, the first crowd more than 8,635 through the first seven games of the Expos' current 12-game homestand. The Phillies lost for just the third time in their last 10 games. After winning two of three in New York, they finished 4-2 on their road trip. "It was a good week for us," manager Terry Francona said. "It would have been a hell of a week to go out today with a win but we all feel good about what we're trying to do now. We have a day off and we'll come back and see if we can continue it." Barrett singled in each of his three at-bats, including a one-out RBI single in the fourth to drive in Geoff Blum, who doubled to lead off the inning. Phillies rookie Pat Burrell went 3-for-4, including an RBI single off Kline with two outs in the eighth to draw Philadelphia to within one at 2-1. Byrd allowed seven hits and two runs over six innings in his second start for the Phillies since being recalled from the minors. "Byrd gave us six good innings," Francona said. "You would hope that under other circumstances he'd leave with a lead. It was pretty good pitching." Game notesRondell White left following the sixth inning because of stiffness in his left knee. ... Andy Ashby threw before the game and Phillies GM Ed Wade said that Ashby will be activated from the 15-day DL and start as expected on Wednesday. ... Johnson, who is 2-2 in four starts, has made 12 relief appearances this season. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Philadelphia Clubhouse Montreal Clubhouse RECAPS Cleveland 2 Detroit 1
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