Maddux wins 350th game
By john • May 10th, 2008 • Category: greg maddux, luke carlin, san diego padresIt may have taken him five tries but Greg Maddux achieved his 350th win Saturday night as the San Diego Padres defeated the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in San Diego.
Maddux retired the Rockies on five pitches in the first and was helped in the fourth when Adrian Gonzalez hit a three run home run to score Tadahito Iguchi and Brian Giles.
On his way to pitching six full innings, Maddux allowed just three hits and one unearned run as he needed just 68 pitches on the night.
The Padres bullpen picked it up from there as Cla Meredith, Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman pitched the final three innings.
The Padres catcher for the game was Luke Carlin who was making his major league debut. Carlin is just the third catcher ever to make his big league debut by catching Maddux.
The win for the Padres puts an end to a five game losing streak.
As for Maddux the win puts him four behind Roger Clemens on the all-time list as he becomes just the ninth pitcher in major league history to reach the number 350.
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