Baseball Guru
04-05-2002, 05:08 AM
By Associated Press
April 4, 2002, 8:02 PM EST
HOUSTON -- Lance Berkman tied a club record for home runs at the start of a season with his third in three days, leading Shane Reynolds and the Houston Astros over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Thursday.
Berkman has connected in all three of the Astros' games. Chris Truby homered in three straight to open last year.
Berkman drove in three runs. He went 2-for-4, raising his average to .462.
The game at Astros Field drew 21,528, the smallest crowd in three seasons at the park formerly called Enron Field. That broke the mark set Wednesday night when 23,381 fans showed up.
Reynolds (1-0) allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings.
Jamey Wright (0-1) went 4 1-3 innings and allowed four runs on seven hits and six walks.
Wright remained winless for his career against the Astros. He is 0-6 with a 6.71 ERA in 10 starts against them.
Berkman's RBI single started the scoring in the first inning. His two-run homer in the fourth gave Houston a 3-0 lead.
In the fifth, Morgan Ensberg singled and went to third on two passed balls by catcher Paul Bako. Reynolds' squeeze bunt scored Ensberg for a 4-0 lead.
Richard Hidalgo added a two-run single in the sixth.
Alex Ochoa hit a two-run homer for the Brewers in the seventh. It was Ochoa's second homer of the year.
Notes:@ Berkman and Truby's club record for home runs to start a season is one short of the major league record shared by Willie Mays (1971) and Mark McGwire (1998). ... The Brewers have lost their last four three-game sets dating back to last Aug. 17-19 when they swept the Reds at Cincinnati.
April 4, 2002, 8:02 PM EST
HOUSTON -- Lance Berkman tied a club record for home runs at the start of a season with his third in three days, leading Shane Reynolds and the Houston Astros over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Thursday.
Berkman has connected in all three of the Astros' games. Chris Truby homered in three straight to open last year.
Berkman drove in three runs. He went 2-for-4, raising his average to .462.
The game at Astros Field drew 21,528, the smallest crowd in three seasons at the park formerly called Enron Field. That broke the mark set Wednesday night when 23,381 fans showed up.
Reynolds (1-0) allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings.
Jamey Wright (0-1) went 4 1-3 innings and allowed four runs on seven hits and six walks.
Wright remained winless for his career against the Astros. He is 0-6 with a 6.71 ERA in 10 starts against them.
Berkman's RBI single started the scoring in the first inning. His two-run homer in the fourth gave Houston a 3-0 lead.
In the fifth, Morgan Ensberg singled and went to third on two passed balls by catcher Paul Bako. Reynolds' squeeze bunt scored Ensberg for a 4-0 lead.
Richard Hidalgo added a two-run single in the sixth.
Alex Ochoa hit a two-run homer for the Brewers in the seventh. It was Ochoa's second homer of the year.
Notes:@ Berkman and Truby's club record for home runs to start a season is one short of the major league record shared by Willie Mays (1971) and Mark McGwire (1998). ... The Brewers have lost their last four three-game sets dating back to last Aug. 17-19 when they swept the Reds at Cincinnati.