Brooks Brown Tosses Complete Game as 'Wolves Win 5-1
June 17, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Erie SeaWolves News Release
Brooks Brown tossed Erie's first complete game of the season as the 'Wolves completed a series win over the Portland, 5-1 on Thursday night at Hadlock Field. The complete game for Brown was the first of his career.
The SeaWolves broke a scoreless tie in the top of the third against Portland starter Jeremy Kehrt. Ron Bourquin started the inning with a walk and moved over to third on an Andy Bouchie double. Justin Henry followed with a two-run single to center, scoring Bourquin and Bouchie for a 2-0 lead. The base knock extended Henry's hitting streak to seven consecutive games, his longest of the season. Andy Dirks followed an grounded to first an error by Anthony Rizzo allowed Dirks to reach safely and Henry to move to third. Hentry scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Michael Bertram for a 3-0 lead.
In the fifth, Erie would add to its lead. Dirks doubled with two outs bringing Cale Iorg to the plate. Iorg grounded to third an on an errant throw by Ray Chang, Dirks scored from second for a 4-0 lead.
Portland got its lone run in the bottom of the fifth. Yamico Navarro led off with a single and stole second. Navarro moved to third on a groundout by Chih-Hsien Chiang and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Khoury to make it 4-1.
The 'Wolves would go back ahead by four in the top of the sixth when Deik Scram led off and connected on a solo home run off of reliever Ryne Miller to make it 5-1. The home run for Scram was his fourth and first since April 23 at Altoona.
The four run lead would prove to be plenty for Brown as he went the distance to improve to 4-4, earning his first win since May 16. He allowed a run on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts. All five of the hits allowed by Brown were singles and only two baserunners moved passed first base the entire game.
It was Erie's first nine-inning complete game since August 22, 2009 when Thad Weber hurled a no-hitter against Akron.
Erie starting pitchers (Duane Below, Thad Weber and Brown) combined to allow two runs in 21 innings pitched in the series against the Sea Dogs.
The 'Wolves have now won back-to-back games for the first time since winning four straight May 15-19. The series win is Erie's first since taking two of three from Richmond May 18-20. It snaps a string of seven straight non-winning series.
Erie's six-game road trip continues on Friday night as the 'Wolves take on the New Hampshire Fisher Caps.7:05 First Pitch. Lefty Ramon Garcia (0-3, 3.76 ERA) takes the mound for the 'Wolves against RHP Bobby Bell (3-2, 6.20 ERA).
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