EL1 Altoona Curve

Brazelton And Curve Breeze Past Mets, 6-1

Published on August 15, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Altoona Curve News Release


BINGHAMTON- Dewon Brazelton turned in a complete game masterpiece as the Curve defeated the Binghamton Mets, 6-1, Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton, NY.

Brazelton (4-3) was masterful, permitting just one unearned run on four hits. The righty struck out seven to match a season-high, and at one point in the ballgame retired 14 consecutive Binghamton batters.

The one run Binghamton mustered gave them the lead in the third inning. Vince Harrison led off with a ground ball to the shortstop, Javier Guzman, who threw the ball into the stands allowing Harrison to advance to second base. He scored two batters later on an RBI single contributed by Miguel Negron and the B-Mets led 1-0.

B-Mets' starter Jose Sanchez matched Brazelton's effort early, retiring the first nine Curve batters he faced. But Altoona broke through in the fifth to tie the ballgame, as Andrew McCutchen launched the first pitch from Sanchez out of the ballpark to right field. McCutchen's 10th home run of the year tied the game, 1-1.

As Brazelton coasted, the Curve took the lead in the seventh inning. McCutchen walked to start the inning and advanced to second on a Brian Peterson single. The pair moved up on a Guzman ground out to second base, and McCutchen scored on a wild pitch from Sanchez to give Altoona a lead they would never relinquish.

Altoona put the game on ice following the departure of Sanchez in the eighth. The Curve touched up reliever Brandon Nall for three runs and a 5-1 lead. The inning was highlighted by Brett Roneberg's two-run triple and an RBI single for McCutchen.

Sanchez (3-8) lost the pitcher's duel to Brazelton, who turned in just the fourth complete game of the season for the Curve.

The Curve plated an insurance run off of Marcelo Perez in the ninth to cap the scoring. With the win, Altoona improved to 6-2 on their current nine-game road trip against the Northern Division. They will conclude this road trip and three-game series with Binghamton on Thursday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Luis Munoz (10-4, 3.77) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Kevin Mulvey (9-9, 3.25) for Binghamton.

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