Brighton new boy Glenn Murray scored twice on his debut as his side ended a winless run of five games and left Crewe without a victory in six matches. Murray, the Seagulls' biggest purchase for 25 years, opened his account from close range after Guy Butters headed down a corner from Dean Cox.
Crewe's Eugen Bopp hit the bar before Butters volleyed Brighton's second.
Murray hit his second before half-time, again from close range, after Nicky Forster flicked on Cox's cross.
Brighton: Kuipers, Whing, Elphick, Butters, Richards, Robinson (Martot 65), Thomson, El-Abd, Cox (Chamberlain 90), Forster, Murray (Gatting 90).
Subs Not Used: Mayo, Fogden.
Goals: Murray 23, Butters 41, Murray 45.
Crewe: Williams, Woodards, Baudet (Abbey 46), O'Donnell, Boyle, Schumacher, Lowe (Brown 76), Cox, Moore, Pope, Bopp.
Subs Not Used: Tomlinson, Carrington, Matthew Bailey.
Att: 4,802
Ref: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire).
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