MILWAUKEE(AP) -- Casey McGehee doesn't chase the limelight, but
his offense is making it difficult for the rookie to hide from
the glare.

McGehee singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the
Milwaukee Brewers beat the Astros 3-2 on Friday night, sending
Houston to its fifth straight loss.

With one out in the eighth, Astros manager Cecil Cooper brought
in left-hander Wesley Wright (3-4) to face the left-handed
batting Prince Fielder. He ruined the move by doubling into the
leftfield corner. LaTroy Hawkins took over to face McGehee who
hit the first pitch to right and drove in Fielder for a 3-2
lead.

"I've really been not trying to focus on stats or any kind of
that stuff," he said after driving in his major league-rookie
leading 59th RBI. "I'm just really trying to focus on just
putting a good at bat together."

Brewers manager Ken Macha has been impressed with McGehee who
has five home runs and 20 RBI over his last 18 games.

"McGehee continues to come up with big hits," he said. "It's
another feather in his cap for a pretty good year."

McGehee was claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs last
October. He played in nine games for them last season.

David Weathers (4-5) picked up the win with a scoreless eighth.
Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his 34th save in 37
chances.

A passed ball spoiled the Astros' 2-1 lead in the seventh as
Milwaukee tied the game.

J.J. Hardy blooped a single to center off reliever Jeff Fulchino
to start the inning. Jason Kendall sacrificed Hardy to second.
He went to third on a passed ball and scored on Felipe Lopez's
bouncer up the middle.

"Two nights ago, we had the same thing happen to us," Cooper
said. "It seems like it's one of those years."

On Wednesday, Joey Votto scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch
in the seventh inning and the Reds withstood five solo homers in
a 6-5 victory over the Astros.

Miguel Tejada's run-scoring single off reliever Carlos
Villanueva with two out in the sixth put the Astros ahead 2-1.
Hunter Pence singled, advanced to second on Carlos Lee's hit and
scored when Tejada lined to center.

Astros rookie Bud Norris started and left after five innings
with a 2-1 lead. He had a career-high eight strikeouts and
allowed one run on four hits.

"That's a great hitting team over there," he said. "I was able
to hold them down for the most part."

Chris Narveson started for Manny Parra who missed his second
consecutive start for Milwaukee with neck spasms. It was
Narveson's third career start and second for the Brewers who
purchased his contract on Aug. 21 from Triple-A Nashville.

He was much better than his last start Sunday at Arizona when he
pitched three hitless innings, but then failed to get out of the
fourth. Against the Astros, he allowed one run on four hits in
five innings and left with the scored tied at 1.

Lance Berkman, the only Astro who had previously faced Narveson,
led off the second with a solo shot, his 22nd homer of the
season. He was back in action after being scratched from
Tuesday's lineup with back spasms.

Narveson said that he tried to come inside with a cutter on
Berkman, but missed.

"I put it in his happy zone," he said.

Corey Hart now has six RBI in eight games since being reinstated
from the disabled list on Sept. 8 after undergoing an emergency
appendectomy on Aug. 2. He tied the game in the third for
Milwaukee when he drove in Lopez who had walked and took third
on a wild pitch by Norris.

NOTES: RHP Yovani Gallardo's 30th start on Sunday will be his
last before being shut down to keep his innings down. The
23-year-old has pitched a team-high 180 2-3 innings in his first
full year of action. ... The Brewers recalled RHP Mike Burns
from Triple-A Nashville. It is his fourth stint this season. ...
RHP Jose Valverde is back with the team after missing the
Cincinnati series with a sore throat and high fever.