Milwaukee 8, Houston 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, September 2, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Dana DeMuth, 1B -
Kerwin Danley, 2B -
Paul Nauert, 3B -
Doug Eddings
Attendance:
20045
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Ryan Braun singled in the go-ahead runs in the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three-game slide with an 8-2 victory over the host Houston Astros on Friday.
Casey McGehee and Prince Fielder each added two-run homers, and rookie Logan Schafer scored his first major league as the Brewers increased their lead in the National League Central to 8½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals.
After getting swept at home in a three-game series by the Cardinals earlier in the week, Milwaukee bounced back against the last-place Astros.
Houston starter Lucas Harrell kept the Brewers off the board - he allowed only three hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first National League start, but the Astros bullpen could not hold a 2-0 lead.
Milwaukee got to Aneury Rodriguez (1-6) in the seventh when it pushed its first run across on a wild pitch and took the lead when Braun lined a two-run single into left.
McGehee hit his 12th homer in the eighth and Fielder connected for his 31st in the ninth.
Zack Greinke (14-5) scattered nine hits and allowed two runs in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Milwaukee |
|
Houston |
|
Prince Fielder | Player |
Clint Barmes
|
|
4 |
Hits |
2 |
|
2 |
RBI |
1 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
8 |
TB |
4 |
|
1.000 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Milwaukee
|
10 |
2 |
17 |
.278 |
17 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Houston
|
10 |
0 |
15 |
.294 |
16 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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