Houston 4, Milwaukee 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 17, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Knight, 1B -
Mark Wegner, 2B -
Mike Muchlinski, 3B -
Wally Bell
Attendance:
15173
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Astros 4, Brewers 0: Jed Lowrie belted two-run homer to highlight a four-run fourth inning and J.A. Happ pitched six shutout innings as Houston swept a two-game series from visiting Milwaukee.
After Carlos Lee led off the fourth with a single, Lowrie lifted Shaun Marcum’s 3-2 pitch over the right-field wall for his team-leading fifth blast. Chris Snyder and Jordan Schafer added RBI singles later in the inning for a 4-0 lead.
Happ (3-3), who had given up 10 runs in 10 innings over his previous two starts, allowed seven hits and one walk. The left-hander struck out four.
Milwaukee loaded the bases with one out in the third, but Happ retired 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun on a pop up and clean-up hitter Aramis Ramirez on a groundout to end the threat. Happ also escaped one-out jams in the fifth and sixth, stranding runners at second and third both times.
Marcum (2-2) allowed nine hits and four runs – three earned – in losing for the first time in three decisions against Houston.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Houston pitcher Wilton Lopez issued his first walk of the season in the eighth. It was the 79th batter he’s faced and was the longest streak for a reliever to start the season since John Smoltz went 92 without a walk in 2004. … Milwaukee is 5-10 in May and 7-13 overall on the road this season. … Houston’s Jose Altuve had three hits, including two against Marcum to improve to 5-for-7 against him. … Milwaukee’s Norichika Aoki had three hits and has seven in his last three starts.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Milwaukee |
|
Houston |
|
Shaun Marcum |
Player |
J.A. Happ
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
9 |
Hits |
7 |
|
5.40 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Milwaukee
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.229 |
22 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Houston
|
13 |
1 |
18 |
.351 |
22 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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