Prince Fielder hit only one home run through the first 15 games this season. It was a slow start for the Brewers first baseman, who led the National League in homers with 50 in 2007 and hit 34 last season.

Fielder hit two homers in the second game of the weekend series at Houston. The second one rallied the Brewers from a 7-6 deficit in the top of the ninth inning Saturday night en route to a 9-8 victory in 11 innings.

"I knew I hit it well enough to get the run in from third," Fielder said of the low line drive that barely cleared the wall in the right-field corner. "But I didn't know it would go out. I just wanted to make solid contact."

Fielder insisted he hasn't made any changes at the plate lately.

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It worked. Suppan pitched the Brewers to a 4-2 victory.

Macha said he planned to use the formula only with three members of his rotation: Bush, Suppan and Braden Looper.

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Milwaukee Brewers center field prospect Lorenzo Cain injured his left knee in a Minor League game Thursday night and could miss substantial time.

Cain, considered a top prospect in the organization, suffered the injury in the eighth inning of the Huntsville Stars' game at Carolina while attempting to make a diving catch.

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Rodriguez helped the Astros end a three-game skid with a full-count drive over the left-field wall off Manny Parra (0-4). It was Rodriguez's second homer of the season.

Russ Ortiz (2-0) pitched five innings for the Astros and improved his record at Minute Maid Park to 6-0. He allowed four hits, two earned runs with four walks and three strikeouts.

Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his second save in four opportunities. He struck out Ryan Braun looking and got Prince Fielder to ground out for the final two outs.

Trailing 1-0, the Astros rallied for two runs off Parra in the third inning after there were two outs. Lance Berkman lined a drive off second baseman Rickie Weeks' glove for an error, scoring Ortiz, and Carlos Lee followed with a run-scoring single. Jason Kendall had an RBI single to tie it in the fourth for the Brewers.

Milwaukee, trying for its first sweep of the season, got an early 1-0 lead. Fielder walked to start the second inning and Mike Cameron drove him home with a double into the left-field corner.

It could have been worse for Ortiz. He allowed Cameron to reach third with a wild pickoff throw into center field and after Brad Nelson flew out and Bill Hall popped out, Ortiz hit Jason Kendall with a pitch. He then struck out Manny Parra for the third out.

Ortiz escaped trouble in the fifth inning when he walked Braun and Fielder with two outs. He escaped when Cameron flew out to the warning track in right field.

Both teams activated key pitchers from the injury list.

The Brewers reinstated but did not use closer Trevor Hoffman. Hoffman signed as a free agent in January but started the season on the disabled list with a strained right oblique. They could have used him in Saturday's 9-8, 11-inning victory. The Brewers needed six pitchers to finish off the Astros.

The Astros activated Doug Brocail prior to Sunday's game following his recovery from a rotator cuff strain. Brocail pitched the seventh inning and allowed one hit, two walks and struck out two.

Corey Hart began the 11th with a double off Geoff Geary, and Braun followed by hitting a low liner back up the middle. Hart beat center fielder Michael Bourn's throw home to put the Brewers in front.

Milwaukee later loaded the bases, but Geary induced a double-play grounder to escape the jam. However, Mark DiFelice worked around a leadoff single from Hunter Pence to close the door on Houston, sealing the Brewers' fourth consecutive win.

Prince Fielder went 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs -- including a go-ahead two-run shot in the ninth inning -- for Milwaukee, which will go for the three-game series sweep Sunday afternoon. Bill Hall also finished with three hits, including a three-run homer that tied the game in the sixth.

Brewers reliever Todd Coffey allowed three runs in the eighth inning and Carlos Villanueva allowed an unearned run in the ninth, as each pitcher blew a potential save. However, DiFelice (1-0) tossed a scoreless final 1 1/3 innings to get the win.

Bourn hit a solo homer and Carlos Lee had a two-run shot for Houston, which has lost three in a row. Kaz Matsui hit a key two-run double in the loss, while Geoff Blum ended with two hits and two walks.

Geary (0-3) pitched the final two innings for Houston, but took the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the 11th. However, Astros relievers LaTroy Hawkins and Jose Valverde each gave up two runs in an inning of work.

Neither starter -- Milwaukee's Jeff Suppan and Houston's Mike Hampton -- factored into the decision, as each allowed four runs in six innings.

The back-and-forth game turned wild in the last two innings, with the teams swapping the lead multiple times. It was tied at four runs apiece in the top of the eighth, as Houston sent Hawkins to the mound.

Fielder singled on the first pitch, but during the next at-bat Astros catcher Ivan Rodriguez and manager Cecil Cooper were ejected for arguing a non-strike call. J.R. Towles, who was recalled from Triple-A before the game, came in at catcher for Houston.

The inning continued to unravel for the Astros, as Mike Cameron singled and J.J. Hardy walked to load the bases. Hall sliced an opposite field single to plate one run, and a Jason Kendall sacrifice fly made it 6-4, though Hawkins got the final two outs to limit the damage.

However, Houston grabbed the lead back with a two-out rally in the bottom of the eighth. Blum smacked a looping hit down the left field line, and it bounced just in fair play before heading into the stands for a ground-rule double.

Towles then singled home Blum, and Darin Erstad's base hit put two runners on. Matsui followed by ripping an opposite field hit to the left field corner, which allowed Towles and Erstad to cross the plate for a 7-6 Astros lead.

Valverde was called upon to hold the lead in the ninth, but got into immediate trouble by allowing a leadoff double to Hart. Braun grounded out, but Fielder lined an 0-2 fastball over the right field wall to put Milwaukee back on top, 8-7.

Villanueva came on for the Brewers to close the game in the bottom half of the ninth, but hit Lance Berkman to begin the frame. A sacrifice sent Berkman to second, and a pop fly from Miguel Tejada left the Astros with one more out.

However, Hunter Pence topped a grounder to third baseman Hall, whose throw bounced in front of Fielder. The Milwaukee first baseman could not make the scoop, and Berkman raced home to tie the game, which went to extra innings after Villanueva induced an inning-ending groundout.

Fielder's fourth-inning leadoff homer got Milwaukee on the board, but the Astros went ahead with three runs in the bottom half. Lee hit a two-run homer to center, and Hampton later singled in a run.

Bourn homered to begin the home fifth for a 4-1 Houston lead, but Hall crushed a three-run shot in the sixth to tie the game.

Game Notes

The Astros left 13 men on base and went 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position...The Brewers stranded 10 and were 5-for-13 with runners in scoring position...The Houston Astros placed catcher Humberto Quintero on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a strained right shoulder. Quintero suffered the injury during Friday's game in a home-plate collision with Brewers outfielder Mike Cameron. To fill the roster spot, the Astros recalled Towles from Triple- A Round Rock.

Gallardo (2-1) gave up two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts to collect his first career complete game. The righty owns a perfect 3-0 mark in three career starts against Houston.

Rickie Weeks went 2-for-5 with a solo home run for the Brewers, who improved to 4-3 on a nine-game road trip. Mike Cameron went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Corey Hart, Ryan Braun, and Prince Fielder added an RBI apiece.

Felipe Paulino (0-1) lasted six innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts to take the loss for Houston. The right-hander is now 0-2 in three career appearances (2 starts) against Milwaukee.

Carlos Lee paced Houston with a two-run homer. Michael Bourn went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Astros, who dropped to 3-5 on a 10-game homestand.

Ahead 4-2, Milwaukee used a solo homer from Weeks in the seventh to pad its lead. Jeff Fulchino started the frame on the hill and was welcomed by a Weeks homer to left field.

Gallardo retired seven consecutive batters to seal the victory for the Brewers.

The first real scoring chance in the game didn't occur until the top of the fourth inning. Paulino retired the first two batters of the inning, Cameron followed with a double to left. J.J. Hardy then singled to center fielder Hunter Pence, who fired a perfect throw to catcher Humberto Quintero. He was able to tag Cameron out at the plate as the two players collided.

The players banged heads and were both shaken up on the play. Quintero left the game with a strained right shoulder and is listed as day-to-day. Cameron wad able to stay in the contest.

The Astros drew first blood in the home half of the inning to take a 2-0 lead. Bourn singled to left field to lead off. With Lance Berkman batting, Bourn stole second. After Berkman went down looking, Lee belted a home run over the left-field wall.

Milwaukee responded with four runs in the fifth to go ahead. Jason Kendall singled following a Bill Hall pop out. Gallardo's sacrifice bunt moved Kendall to second with two outs. The Brewers followed with five straight singles.

A Weeks base hit to shortstop set up a first and third. Hart then singled to right to drive in Kendall and move Weeks to second. Braun followed with a single to right field, scoring Weeks. Fielder singled to right to knock in Hart. Cameron's single to left scored Braun, but Fielder was thrown out at third to end the inning.

Game Notes

Milwaukee went 6-for-6 with runners in scoring position, while Houston went 1-for-3 with RISP...The Brewers went 8-7 against the Astros last season, but compiled a 2-4 ledger at Minute Maid Park.