=== Montreal Expos Team Report - May 20 === (My Sportsbook) - The Expos have been shut out in three of Tomo Ohka's seven starts this season and they've scored just eight runs for him this year. Montreal hopes to lend some offensive support to the veteran righthander this afternoon as the Expos play the Milwaukee Brewers in the rubber match of a three-game set in San Juan. Ohka was the first Expos starter to take the loss in each of his first five outings since Ray Burris in 1982. Despite his poor record, Ohka has actually pitched well of late going 1-0 over his last two starts. The Expos scored four times in his most recent appearance, last Friday at Arizona, but he didn't get a decision after throwing seven innings. In his last two starts, Ohka has allowed just nine hits and three runs over 15 innings. Over his career, Ohka has stymied the Brewers, going 2-0 against them with a 0.69 ERA (1 earned run, 13 innings). Brian Schneider homered and Endy Chavez posted four hits as the Expos saw their four-game winning streak come to an end with a 6-3 loss last night under rainy conditions. Orlando Cabrera and Tony Batista each had an RBI in the loss -- Montreal's fourth in five tries versus Milwaukee this season. Montreal is 11-6 versus Milwaukee since the start of the 2002 season. |
