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The Result
Curve - 6 runs to 1

The Curve - Year-to-Date
64 wins and 56 losses

Brett's Position and the Batting Order
Playing - Leftfield
Batting - #4

------------Replaced by a pinch runner during the top of the eighth innings

The Curve Pre Game Show

---------------A conversation with Brandon Moore, the Curve Hitting Coach--
---------------......and Brett is mentioned as "a professional hitter who can bat anywhere"!!

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Brett's at-bats
First plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Led off the innings
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Bounced off the plate and collected by the pitcher who takes it to the base himself - PO1
During this at-bat, the commentator discusses Brett hitting in the Number Four slot
Second plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at third base - two down
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Bounced back over the mound but collected by the shortstop who gets Brett on a 'bang-bang' play at first base - 6 to 3
Third plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runner at first base - two down
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Walk ...... and the commentator says it was 'a great at-bat by Roneberg'
Left stranded at the end of the innings
Fourth plate appearance
Righthanded pitcher
Runners at first and second base - none down
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Driven down the line and into the leftfield corner ...... triple!! ...... and two runs driven in!!
The commentator says lots of things!! ...... including that was an outstanding piece of hitting!!! ...... and how important it is to have Roneberg back in the lineup!! ...... and things like that!!
He also mentions that a "Beaming Roneberg" is replaced by a pinch runner
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At the end of the Game
1 hit from 3 at-bats - triple, 2 x runs batted in, 1 x walk

Heard during the game

Excerpts from the Curve Post Game Show

----------Summary of the game, including the "Hit of the Game" and the "Player of the Game"

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Email from Brett

Game Reports

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 7.05pm
RHP Luis Munoz (10-4, 3.77) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Kevin Mulvey (9-9, 3.25) for Binghamton

Dewon Brazelton pitched a four-hitter as Altoona defeated host Binghamton, 6-1, on Wednesday

Brazelton (4-3) allowed an unearned run and matched a season high with seven strikeouts for his third career complete game and first since tossing a shutout on June 16, 2006 for Triple-A Portland

He retired 14 straight batters at one point and lowered his ERA to 3.67

The 27-year-old right-hander, who has pitched for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and San Diego Padres, made his 12th start for the Curve (64-56) since signing with Pittsburgh as a Minor League free agent on May 31
He went 0-4 with a 7.11 ERA with Triple-A Omaha

Andrew McCutchen, who was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored, crushed Mets starter Jose Sanchez's first offering in the fifth for his 10th homer, while Brett Roneberg had two RBIs for Altoona

Miguel Negron hit an RBI single in the third for Binghamton (51-69)

Sanchez (3-7) surrendered two runs on four hits, fanning six and walking two over seven frames
He retired the first nine batters before Jason Bowers doubled to begin the fourth

Altoona Curve righthander Dewon Brazelton fired a complete-game, four-hitter, beating the Binghamton Mets 6-1 at NYSEG Stadium Wednesday

The B-Mets have lost five of their last six

The B-Mets (51-69) scored their only run in the third
Vince Harrison led off the inning with a grounder that shortstop Javier Guzman threw away for a two-base error
After pitcher Jose Sanchez bunted Harrison to third, Miguel Negron hit a first-pitch single off Brazelton (4-3) that brought in Harrison for a 1-0 Binghamton lead

Andrew McCutchen hit a game-tying homer off Sanchez in the fifth

The Curve took the lead in the seventh when McCutchen walked, moved to second on Brian Peterson’s infield single, to third on Guzman’s groundout and scored on Sanchez’s wild pitch

Sanchez (3-7) got the loss despite allowing two runs over a season-high-tying seven innings

Altoona scored three more off Brandon Nall in the eighth, thanks to Brett Roneberg’s two-run triple and McCutchen’s run-scoring single

Peter Bergeron’s two-out RBI single off Marcelo Perez in the ninth capped off the scoring for Altoona (64-56)

Thursday, the Binghamton Mets play the rubber game of their three-game series against the Altoona Curve
Kevin Mulvey (9-10, 3.51) will start for the B-Mets against Luis Muñoz (10-4, 3.77) of Altoona

Game time is 7.05pm from NYSEG Stadium with the radio broadcast starting at 6.50pm on Newsradio 1290 WNBF

Notes
Brazelton’s nine-inning complete game was the first at NYSEG Stadium since Binghamton’s William Collazo tossed a shutout 6/13/06 vs. NB
Brazelton retired 14 in a row after Negron’s RBI single
The B-Mets are hitting .186 over their last six games

Dewon Brazelton turned in one of the Curve’s finest pitching performances of the season and one of the best of his career Wednesday night to help the club keep pace in the playoff race

Brazelton pitched the first nine-inning complete game of the year for Altoona in a 6-1 win over Binghamton at NYSEG Stadium

The 27-year-old former big leaguer allowed just an unearned run on four hits, struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter to give himself hope he still has what it takes to get back to the majors
Brazelton (4-3) had thrown only two other complete games during his six-year career, one last season for Triple-A Portland and one at Double-A Orlando as a rookie in 2002

Despite the win, the Curve remain in fourth place in the Southern Division
They trail second-place Erie by 4-1/2 games and third-place Bowie by one game for the division’s wild card playoff berth

Binghamton’s only damage against Brazelton came after an error to start the third inning
Shortstop Javier Guzman threw wildly to first on a grounder by Vince Harrison
The runner took second on the play and scored on Miguel Negron’s single to center

Altoona tied it in the fifth on Andrew McCutchen’s 10th homer, a solo shot to left

McCutchen walked leading off the seventh and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Jose Sanchez

The Curve broke it open with three runs in the eighth
Brett Roneberg tripled in Vic Buttler and Neil Walker, and McCutchen singled home pinch-runner Peter Bergeron for a 5-1 lead

Bergeron singled home Buttler in the ninth for the final run

Sanchez (3-7) gave up just two runs on four hits in seven innings but took the loss

For Jose Sanchez, the losing pitcher in the Binghamton Mets' 6-1 loss to the Altoona Curve Wednesday night, it was just another hard-luck start
Sanchez (3-7) allowed two runs on four hits and struck out six in seven innings
He threw a first-pitch strike to the first seven batters he faced and walked two
In his last four starts Sanchez has not allowed more than three runs, but has only two losses to show for it

"Sanchez pitched his best game of the year, there's no doubt in my mind" B-Mets manager Mako Oliveras said
"In my book, he's getting better and better
And Altoona is a good hitting ballclub"

For Altoona's Dewon Brazelton, who tossed a complete-game four-hitter and allowed no earned runs, it was a matter of revenge
"Binghamton beat me pretty bad last time" Brazelton said
"It just gave me a sense of urgency
Like, they beat me bad
I was just more determined today because of what happened last time"

Brazelton (4-3), a right-hander drafted third overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2001, allowed eight runs on 10 hits in 4-1/3 innings against the B-Mets on July 23 in Altoona

He struck out seven B-Mets and walked none Wednesday night

The B-Mets were the first team to break through in the pitcher's duel

Vince Harrison became the game's first baserunner when he reached on an error by Javier Guzman in the third inning
Sanchez sacrificed Harrison to third and he scored on Miguel Negron's single up the middle, giving the B-Mets a 1-0 lead

Altoona center fielder Andrew McCutchen, the 11th overall selection in the 2005 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, was involved in both runs scored off Sanchez

He drilled a one-out, first-pitch home run to the back of the visitor's bullpen in left field to tie the game 1-1 in the fifth
He hopped as he left the batter's box
"Just kind of an emotion, you know?" McCutchen said
"Just the feelings I had
I hit it and I knew I got it"

In the seventh, McCutchen led off with a four-pitch walk and scored from third on a two-out wild pitch to give Altoona the lead for good at 2-1
"Anything in the dirt I'm making a move on it" said McCutchen
"I'm taking a hard step
We really needed that run, the score was tied at the time"

Altoona extended its lead to 5-1 in the eighth against B-Mets reliever Brandon Nall
Brett Roneberg had a two-run, opposite-field triple that bounced over the third base bag into the left field corner
Peter Bergeron pinch-ran for Roneberg and scored on McCutchen's bloop single into right that landed out of the reach of B-Mets second baseman J.E. Cruz

Bergeron, who spent parts of five seasons with the Montreal Expos most recently in 2004, hit a two-out, run-scoring single to center in the ninth off Marcelo Perez to make it 6-1

Around the Horn
B-Mets middle infielder Wilson Batista, who was hit in the head by Altoona pitcher Kip Bouknight's pitch in the fourth inning Tuesday night, sat out Wednesday's game - Oliveras said Batista would "probably" play today
Oliveras managed Brazelton in 2002 with the Orlando Rays, the Devil Rays' Double-A affiliate. Brazelton had a 3.33 ERA in 146 innings under Oliveras - "I hate him because he did it against us tonight" Oliveras said - "But I'm very happy for him - that's a kid who has a bright future - he pitched the same way I saw him when he started off as a professional" - Brazelton also pitched for Oliveras in the Puerto Rican Winter League