SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Brantley Walks Off In Power Win

Published on May 7, 2007 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Charleston, WV (May 7, 2007) - Michael Brantley hit his first homerun of the season, a walk off bomb in the bottom of the tenth inning in Monday morning's game against the Lexington Legends at Appalachian Power Park as the Power defeated the Legends 4-3.

Lexington took an early 2-0 lead in the second inning on back to back RBI singles from Eric Taylor and Drew Holder. The Power cut the lead in half on Jimmy Mojica's run scoring double in the third. In the eighth inning, with runners on second and third base, the Lexington Legends moved their infield in and Brent Brewer dropped a single into left field to score both Steve Chapman and Jimmy Mojica to give the Power their first lead of the game.

Max Sapp led the ninth inning off with a base hit into center field. After Jimmy Van Ostrand walked, Koby Clemens laid down a sacrifice bunt to put runners at second and third and Drew Holder hit a Sacrifice Fly to center field to plate the tying run later in the inning. Michael Brantley stepped in with the bases empty and one out in the bottom of the tenth inning and hit his first homerun of his professional career to provide the Power with the win.

Power starting pitcher Zach Braddock tossed six strong innings, allowing two runs on four hits and struck out six but didn't get the decision. Omar Aguilar (2-1) earned the victory and Sergio Severino (1-1) was tagged with the loss.

The victory for the Power was their fourth in their final at bat, and it was their second walk off homer of the season.

The Power improved to 21-7 with the win and the Legends fell to 14-17 with the loss.

The Power will begin a four game series against the Hagerstown Suns at Municipal Stadium on Tuesday night. The Power will start left hander Roque Mercedes (0-1, 8.76). The first pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM.

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