Fielder perfect as Brewers roll

From Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Brewers 7, Astros 5
W: Narveson (8-6) L: Myers (3-12) SV: Axford (32)

Great offense, spectacular defense, and a shutdown bullpen are what powered the Brewers to victory against the Astros. Prince Fielder went 3-3 with four RBIs, Nyjer Morgan made an outstanding throw from right field to third base to end the game, and four members of the bullpen controlled the last 3.2 innings of the ball game.

Milwaukee scored right away in the first inning to start the game. After Corey Hart and Morgan reached base with back-to-back singles, Prince Fielder crushed an impressive three-run homer down the right field line. The ball hit the tip-top of the foul pole and came slamming back down onto the field.

Chris Narveson pitched well to garner the win but the Brewers offense is what made him stay afloat. Narveson went 5.1 innings and gave up four earned runs on five hits. He allowed two home-runs and recorded four strike outs. This was by far one of his worst performances of the season but the Brewer batters made sure to back their starter up.

After Carlos Lee hit a solo shot in the second to give the Astros their first run of the game, the Brewers came right back to tack on some runs. After Braun and Fielder both singled to lead off the third, Yuniesky Betancourt continued his hitting ways with an RBI double. Felipe Lopez then reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Fielder to reach home.

The Astros countered in the bottom of the inning with three runs of their own on one shot from J.D. Martinez.

With Milwaukee hanging on to a one-run lead, Fielder added some insurance in the sixth inning with an RBI double that scored Braun from first base.

Takashi Saito, LaTroy Hawkins, Francisco Rodriguez came in and pitched three scoreless innings without allowing a single hit to the Astros. Hawkins and K-Rod both received holds.

John Axford entered the game in the ninth with a three-run lead to close the door on Houston. They gave him more trouble than he initially wanted, although he was still able to record his 32nd save of the season with help from the defense.

With one out, Clint Barmes homered to give Houston a chance to comeback into the game. The Axe-Man quickly discarded the home-run and got Humberto Quintero to fly out. Astro newcomer J.B. Shuck then hit a grounder towards Axford who threw the ball over the head of Fielder. Schuck rounded the bases and began to head towards third. Morgan, who is playing right field due to a hand injury that knocked Corey Hart out of the game, threw the ball all the way to third base where Casey McGehee put the tag on the Astro runner to end the game.