In the Brewers’ 7-2 victory over Houston, Prince Fielder sets the team’s RBI mark with his eighth inning sacrifice fly. The Milwaukee first baseman’s league-leading 127 RBI total surpasses the 1983 club record established by Cecil Cooper, the Astros’ manager who watches his record be broken from the opposing bench.

On September 19, 2009 — In the Brewers’ 7-2 victory over Houston, Prince Fielder sets the team’s RBI mark with his eighth inning sacrifice fly. The Milwaukee first baseman’s league-leading 127 RBI total surpasses the 1983 club record established by Cecil Cooper, the Astros’ manager who watches his record be broken from the opposing bench.

 


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