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MILWAUKEE -- This is what Wily Peralta has been waiting for. The right-hander allowed two hits in seven innings and Jean Segura homered to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Friday night for their second shutout of the season. Peralta (5-8) won for the second time in his last eight starts, giving up two singles to go with four strikeouts and four walks. It was the first time all season he gave up fewer than two runs in a game. Afterward, he was asked if it was his best game of the year. "Yeah, for sure," Peralta said. "I kept the ball down all day." Francisco Rodriguez pitched the eighth and Jim Henderson the ninth for his 10th save. Rodriguez picked up the previous five saves for Milwaukee to reach 299 in his career. Henderson was on the disabled list and then appeared in five games before returning to the closers role against the Braves. Segura finished with three hits, including his 11th homer, and Norichika Aoki added three singles after the birth of his son Thursday. "I was at the hospital all day yesterday," Aoki said. "I didnt get much sleep last night." Atlanta was shut out for the 10th time and lost for the fourth time in five games. "Its just part of the game," B.J. Upton said. "You play long enough you are going to get in stretches like this. Just got to find a way. We are a good enough ballclub. Well be fine." Julio Teheran (5-4) gave up two runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out five and did not walk a batter. Seguras homer leading off the fifth gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead. "I was just trying to get a base hit," Segura said. "I was just trying to put a good swing on it and I got it." In the first, Aoki and Segura singled before Carlos Gomez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Aramis Ramirez gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly. Gomez was picked off first and Juan Francisco popped out to end the rally. The Braves struggled to score for the second night in a row. After stranding 11 runners in a 4-3 loss to the New York Mets on Thursday, Atlanta was at it again partly because of Teherans inability to execute sacrifice bunts. After the first two batters in the third -- Dan Uggla and Chris Johnson -- walked, Teheran tried a bunt that turned into a force at third. Andrelton Simmons flied out and Jason Heyward grounded out to end the inning. "I missed a little bit," Teheran said. In the fifth, Atlanta got its first hit when Upton led off with a single. He went to second when Uggla flied out to deep centre and advanced to third on an infield single by Johnson. This time, Teheran attempted a safety squeeze and bunted the ball to the right side of the plate. Peralta was able to field the ball in his glove and quickly tossed it to catcher Martin Maldonado, who tagged out the sliding Upton. "That was a nice play," Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said. "Youve got a fast runner on third base. That play is really hard to defence. And the bunt wasnt that bad. He got over there in a hurry and made a nice flip over. Maldy did a great job of blocking the plate." Simmons followed with a drive to right-centre that was caught by a diving Aoki. "We almost had it," Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We had the right guy on third base that could read it but (the bunt) could not get quite far enough down the first base line." Atlanta also had runners at first and second with two outs after Henderson walked Justin Upton and B.J. Upton in the ninth, but Uggla flied out to end the game. "A couple of times tonight we could have used that one hit," Uggla said. "We had a couple of opportunities here and there. We need to start taking advantage of those." NOTES: Milwaukee owns a seven-game home winning streak against the Braves. ... 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Larry Johnson Hornets Jersey . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. India opener Shikhar Dhawan has admitted to channelling the disappointment of being omitted from the playing XI for the recent T20I series against West Indies into improving his standards. Dhawan had a mediocre outing in the Test series in the West Indies, where he managed only 138 runs from four innings before being dropped for the final Test in Port of Spain.I feel my motivation always increases even when things dont go well for me, Dhawan told reporters after the Duleep Trophy final between India Blue and India Red. Sure, it does hurt me, but I channel the hurt to keep getting better; I dont let it bog me down. Thats how I work.Like, when I was left out for the T20s - of course I wanted to be in the playing XI. So, that required me to do better. So, I thought, OK man, I have to raise my standards. As simple as that. I dont look outside; I look inside and say, I will have to do this, I will do it.Dhawan also said his motivation to do well increased with time, and that age didnt have a bearing on it. It depends on your desire [to do well], how much you love the game and what goals you have.With the emergence of KL Rahul, India have had the luxury of opting for any two of three potential openers - Rahul, Dhawan and M Vijay - and the team used all possible pairings during the West Indies Tests. Dhawans middling returns have coincided with a breakout season for Rahul - he scored 236 runs, including a hundred, from three Test innings, before smashing an unbeaten 51-ball 110 in the first T20I in Florida.Dhawan agreed that the competition for the opening spots had intensified, and that it had kept every player on his toes in the lead-up to a long home season. It is a good thing. Jaan lagaani hai, dum lagaana hai apnni jagah rakhne ke liye [One needs to give it ones all to keep ones place in the side], he said.ddddddddddddRahul, anyway has done quite well in Test matches and T20s, so if you look at the bigger picture its very good for India that there are three or four openers pushing one another, as well as openers in the domestic circuit who are also pushing for places. Such competition ensures each individual keeps working hard.With the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur set to begin in a little over a week, Dhawan said he was preparing well and getting physically and mentally stronger. Asked if there was any specific preparation involved, he replied with a laugh: I am batting for 40 minutes [in the nets].Dhawan was also appreciative of head coach Anil Kumbles cricketing smarts, and said he was learning from him the importance of hard graft. Its been great having Anil bhai around. Of course, he is a great legend, he said. He is so well educated and obviously has a sharp brain. He has great cricketing intelligence as well, so you obviously learn a lot for him - be it the dedication and hard grind he brought to his game, or the aggressive mindset with which he played.Dhawan, who turned out for India Red who lost the Duleep Trophy final to India Blue, said the tournament provided useful game-time ahead of a busy season. Its quite useful because I believe practice in the form of matches is always good as it gives you a feel of the pressure, he said. Especially, after you field for two successive days, your body also loosens up and you get a good vibe. So, you take that confidence forward. ' ' '