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MLB: Milwaukee 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) -- Shaun Marcum tossed seven innings of one-run ball and Carlos Gomez made a homer-saving catch Monday in Milwaukee's 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Marcum (5-1) posted his eighth start without a loss for the Brewers, yielding only one run on five hits over seven innings, issuing one walk while fanning four.

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Kameron Loe hurled a scoreless eighth inning and John Axford earned his ninth save with a 1-2-3 ninth as the Brewers notched their fourth straight win and sixth victory in seven games.

Gomez preserved a scoreless tie in the second inning when he leaped at the center field fence and pulled back an apparent homer by the Dodgers' Juan Uribe.

Prince Fielder's RBI single in the next frame put the Brewers up 1-0 and Rickie Weeks added a run-scoring single in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.

Jon Garland (1-3) took the hard-luck loss for Los Angeles, surrendering two runs on seven hits through six innings.

Matt Kemp drove in the Dodgers' only run with a sacrifice fly.

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