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Montreal 5, Cincinnati 2

CINCINNATI, April 6 (UPI) -- Tomokazu Ohka allowed just one hit over five innings Saturday -- a solo homer by Juan Encarnacion in the bottom of the fifth -- as the Montreal Expos made it two straight victories over the Cincinnati Reds, 5-2.

Ohka (1-0), who walked one and struck out one, got the victory after the Expos took advantage of wildness by Luis Pineda and Scott Sullivan to score four runs in the top of the sixth on just one hit.

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Cincinnati tied the contest on Encarnacion's homer, but Pineda (0-1) and Sullivan combined for four walks in the sixth while third baseman Aaron Boone comitted a crucial error.

Pineda replaced starter Chris Reitsma to begin the sixth, but walked Michael Barrett and Brad Wilkerson, then left after falling behind 2-0 to Mike Mordecai. Sullivan came on and completed a walk to Mordecai that was charged to Pineda before Barrett was forced at the plate on Peter Bergeron's grounder to second.

But Jose Vidro walked to force in a run before Vladimir Guerrero reached on Boone's fielding error to make it 3-1. Orlando Cabrera drove in a run with an infield single and Andres Galarraga added a sacrifice fly.

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Newly acquired Bruce Chen surrendered an RBI single to Adam Dunn in the bottom of the seventh, but Graeme Lloyd got the final six outs for his second save.

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