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SIAULIAI, Lithuania -- Tony Parker outplayed Dirk Nowitzki and the German team, scoring 32 points to give France a 76-65 victory at the European Championship on Friday. The San Antonio Spurs guard, who was the MVP of the 2007 NBA finals, took over the game in the decisive third quarter to guide France. "When Tony has his night, he is impossible to guard," Germany coach Dirk Bauermann said. Los Angeles Lakers centre Pau Gasol scored 21 points and defending champion Spain cruised past Britain 86-69 to also remain perfect with three wins. Serbia, which lost the final to Spain two years ago, also won its third straight, using a big fourth quarter to rally past winless Israel 89-80. Host Lithuania used a 10-1 run to close out a 75-68 win over Turkey and go 3-0 as well. Andrea Bargnani, the Toronto Raptors centre, kept Italy in the game and in the tournament by scoring 36 points -- more than half of his teams total -- in a 71-62 win over Latvia. France and Serbia are both close to moving into the second round from their Group B, while Lithuania and Spain look good in Group A. The top three teams from each of the four groups advance. "Were on the right path, but Lithuania and Turkey have more talent to give us more problems. We need to bring more energy and aggressiveness," Spain coach Sergio Scariolo said of his teams next opponents. The 24-team tournament will produce two qualifiers for next years London Olympics. Nowitzki, who was MVP of the NBA finals this year when his Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat, finished with 20 points, but 10 of them came in the first quarter. He played little in the second half. "We tried some man-to-man, some zone defence, but Tony was too strong and kept getting into the zone," Nowitzki said. "They were the better team. Tony had an unbelievable night shooting the ball, getting to the paint and finishing," he said. "Offensively I really couldnt get anything going any more in the second half. They really played us physical." Parker scored 13 points in a 29-12 third quarter for France, which had runs of 12-1 and 10-0 in that stretch to put the game away. "We knew we had to step our aggressiveness," France coach Vincent Collet said. "We started playing much better defence after the first quarter." Turkey, last years runner-up at the world Championships at home, is now 2-1. Darius Songalia led Lithuania with 12 points, while Simas Jasaitis and Rimantas Kaukenas each had 11. Ersan Ilyasova led Turkey with 20 points. Marc Gasol had a double-double of 18 points and a team-high 11 rebounds and Rudy Fernandez posted his best game of the tournament, adding 11 for Spain. Marc, Paus younger brother who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies, scored 12 of his points in the final quarter. Pau has scored 20 or more in all three games. Britain trailed 42-36 early in the third quarter but the younger Gasol scored eight points in a 10-0 run for Spain that gave the defending champion a secure lead. Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng led Britain with 17 points and Daniel Clark had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Bargnani produced the highest-scoring performance of the tournament so far to give Italy its first win of the event. The only other Italian to score in double digits was Marco Belinelli, the New Orleans Hornets guard, with 11. Latvia kept it a close game until Italy turned up the pressure in the fourth quarter. Italy is now 1-2 after three games in a tough Group B. Latvia, the youngest team in the event, is 0-3. Rihards Kuksiks led Latvia with 19 points. After trailing most of the first three quarters, Serbia clamped down on defence and outscored Israel 31-16 in the fourth. Forward Dusko Savanovic led Serbia with 24 points, including a key three-pointer late in the game. 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"We didnt pitch well. We gave them a couple of runs in the fourth inning with the defence. We did a nice job coming back, making it interesting with the offence. It just wasnt a well-played game." The win helped Houston avoid matching their franchise-worst loss total set last season (56-106). It was their first victory since Bo Porter was named as the 17th manager in franchise history on Thursday. His role with Houston begins immediately following his service as the third base coach for the playoff-bound Washington Nationals. "They went at us with their best pitcher, and we got him today in a big situation," Astros interim manager Tony DeFrancesco said. "They needed to win today. We came in there and snuck one." The loss practically eliminated the Brewers from contention as Milwaukee fell five games behind St. Louis for the NLs second wild card with five games left for both teams. The Cardinals beat the Nationals 12-2 on Friday. "Until were eliminated, well keep going at it," Roenicke said. Milwaukee, 26-10 over its last 36 games, had won the last 11 starts overall by Gallardo (16-9), while the right-hander had beaten Houston 10 straight times, since losing 2-0 at Houston on Aug. 9, 2009. "Im just excited that they didnt quit," DeFrancesco said of his team. "They got a chance to knock a team out of the playoffs." Gallardo struggled, never had a 1-2-3 inning and surrendered two runs in the fourth and fifth innings. "He wasnt on his game," Roenicke said, adding that Gallardo was already at 75 pitches after four innings. "He just wasnt on all day." Wallace and Castro hit consecutive home runs in the fifth to push the lead to 5-1. Castro had his first multihomer game with a solo shot off Francisco Rodriguez in thhe eighth.dddddddddddd The Astros got one run on Dominguezs single in the second and then added two more in the fourth. One run came on shortstop Seguras fielding error. Gonzalezs bunt single drove in the other run. It was his first hit and RBI in eight at-bats this season. Gonzalez (3-1) was on for the Astros, though. He allowed Carlos Gomezs 18th home run in the third and then nothing more until Ryan Brauns two-out, two-run double in the sixth. Gonzalez struck out three and did not walk a batter in his fifth start since the Astros purchased his contract from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sept. 3. Wilton Lopez struggled through the ninth before picking up his ninth save. Milwaukee scored twice to make it interesting. Jean Segura had a run-scoring double and third baseman Matt Dominguezs fielding error on a ball hit by Jonathan Lucroy allowed the final run. "Weve been really confident lately, stayed optimistic," Braun said. "We found a way to win some games late where it certainly didnt look very promising. Tonight looked and felt like it was going to be one of those games." Gallardo missed a chance to match his career high set last season when he finished 17-10. He allowed eight hits, walked three and struck out five. He has one last opportunity when he starts Wednesday against the San Diego Padres in the season finale. His one bright spot came in the first inning when he slipped a fastball past Jed Lowrie for a called third strike for his fourth consecutive season with 200 or more strikeouts. Aramis Ramirezs RBI triple off Rhiner Cruz in the eighth pulled Milwaukee to 6-4. Lopez took over and struck out Corey Hart to end the threat. NOTES: Braun, who leads the NL with 41 home runs, stole his 30th base off reliever Hector Ambriz in the sixth. It marked the second 30-30 season of Brauns career and third in franchise history. Tommy Harper did it in 1970. ... Brewers RHP Wily Peralta underwent an MRI which revealed no problem with his right biceps. He left Thursdays game against Cincinnati after 5 1-3 innings, complaining of tightness. "We didnt like what we saw the first batter he faced (in the sixth)," Roenicke said. Peralta played catch Friday and should throw a bullpen session Saturday. ... Wallace hit his ninth home run and Castro his fourth in the fifth. It was the Astros fourth time they had hit consecutive home runs this season. ' ' '
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