By Kristie Rieken  
ASSOCIATED PRESS

April 19, 2006

HOUSTON – For the first time since its first month of play, Houston has a .500 franchise record.

Morgan Ensberg hit two home runs, Adam Everett had four RBI and the Astros held on for a 13-12 win over the Milwaukee Brewers last night.

The win, Houston's fourth straight, puts the franchise at .500 for the first time since the Colt .45s, as the team was known, were 6-6 before a 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Braves on April 27, 1962. The franchise record is 3,507-3,507, making Houston the 13th team in the majors with a record of .500 or better.

The Astros roughed up Doug Davis for nine runs and eight hits in 2 2/3 innings.

“I made a few mistakes obviously,” Davis said. “I usually can get away with some of those, but not today.”

Ensberg, who has homered in a career-high four straight games, had a solo shot in the first and a two-run drive in the sixth off Chris Demaria.

Houston led 11-2 after six innings, but Milwaukee hit three two-run homers in the next two innings to cut the lead to 12-10. Carlos Lee hit two two-run homers for the Brewers.

Milwaukee		AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
BClark cf		3	1	1	0	1	0	.200
b-Cirillo ph		1	0	0	0	0	1	.200
BHall ss		5	1	1	0	0	2	.214
Jenkins rf		4	2	1	0	1	1	.298
CaLee lf		5	3	4	4	0	0	.346
Koskie 3b		5	0	1	0	0	2	.275
Weeks 2b		5	2	1	0	0	0	.273
Fielder 1b		5	2	3	3	0	0	.352
DMiller c		4	0	2	1	0	0	.194
DDavis p		1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
De La Rosa p		1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
a-Gross ph-cf		1	1	1	2	1	0	.429
Totals		40	12	15	10	3	7
Houston		AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Biggio 2b		5	2	3	3	0	0	.283
Taveras cf		3	1	1	1	1	0	.305
Burke cf		1	0	1	0	0	0	.286
Berkman 1b		4	0	1	0	0	0	.370
Munson c		1	0	0	0	0	0	.133
Ensberg 3b		5	3	3	3	0	0	.429
PrWilson lf-cf		5	1	2	0	0	2	.259
Lane rf		2	2	0	0	3	0	.208
Ausmus c-1b		3	2	2	0	1	0	.294
OPalmeiro lf		1	0	0	0	0	0	.091
AEverett ss		4	2	3	4	0	0	.327
Oswalt p		2	0	1	2	0	1	.182
Lamb 1b		2	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Totals		38	13	17	13	5	3
Milwaukee			200 000 442–12		15		1
Houston			234 002 11x–13		17		1
a-homered for Demaria in the 7th. b-struck out for Adams in the 8th. E–Fielder (1), Ensberg (5). LOB–Milwaukee 5, Houston 8. 2B–BHall (5), Jenkins (3), DMiller (1), Taveras (1), AEverett 2 (4). HR–Fielder (2), off TreMiller; CaLee 2 (8), off Lidge, Astacio; Gross (3), off Oswalt; Ensberg 2 (6), off Demaria, DDavis; Biggio (1), off DDavis. RBIs–CaLee 4 (15), Fielder 3 (8), DMiller (5), Gross 2 (9), Biggio 3 (7), Taveras (3), Ensberg 3 (13), AEverett 4 (12), Oswalt 2 (3). S–Oswalt. SF–DMiller, AEverett. GIDP– CaLee, Koskie. Runners left in scoring position–Milwaukee 2 (BHall 2); Houston 3 (Ensberg, Ausmus, Lamb). DP–Houston 2 (Ensberg, Biggio and Berkman), (Oswalt, AEverett and Berkman).
Milwaukee	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
DDavis L,0-1	2 2/3	8	9	9	3	2	73	8.24
De La Rosa	2 1/3	2	0	0	0	1	34	6.00
Demaria	1	2	2	2	2	0	34	18.00
MAdams	1	3	1	1	0	0	19	9.00
Lehr	1	2	1	0	0	0	24	0.00
Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Oswalt W,3-0	6 2/3	8	6	4	0	3	105	2.76
Astacio	2/3	3	3	3	1	1	27	27.00
TreMiller	0	2	1	1	1	0	13	12.27
Lidge S,5	1 2/3	2	2	2	1	3	29	3.12

TreMiller pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored–De La Rosa 1-0, Lidge 2-0, TreMiller 1-1.

WP–Lidge. PB–Munson.

Umpires–Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Tim Timmons; Second, Joe Brinkman; Third, Derryl Cousins.

T–3:30. A–27,994 (40,976).

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