Fielder Leads Brew Crew to Close Victory at Minute Maid

Milwaukee came into the game as one of the hottest teams in the majors and the Astros could do nothing about it last night.  The Brewers started the top of the first with two straight hits and Fielder drove them in on his 3-run homer to deep right.  Carlos Lee came up big for the Astros in the following inning with a solo shot to the Crawford Boxes to put his team on the board.  The Brewers would add two more in the third off RBIs to extend their lead to four and it looked as if Milwaukee was off to their second consecutive easy win against the Astros.  That would change when J.D. Martinez hit a 3-run homer, a play he'd pulled out of Prince's playbook, to left to tighten up the game, as the Astros were now within one of the lead.

The score would not change until the sixth and Fielder was once again the playmaker with his RBI double that scored Braun.  Prince finished the night with a homer, two walks and four RBIs to lead the Brew Crew to their ninth win in the last ten games and keep their three game lead in the division.  The two teams meet again this afternoon at Minute Maid as the Brewers try to win their sixth straight game against the Astros.