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Maddux again eyes 350th win
By john | April 26, 2008
Greg Maddux will again be going for milestone win number 350. In his last outing he was two outs away before Trevor Hoffman gave up a game-tying homer to Bengie Molina.
Maddux had pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing just four hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out five. He threw 75 pitches, 51 for strikes. This came on the heels of one of his worst outings ever when he allowed six runs in the first inning against the Diamondbacks. In that game he threw 113 pitches, the most he had tossed in a start in 2 1/2 seasons.
The opponent is not an easy one. Maddux faces the Philadelphia Phillies and Cole Hamels. After posting a 0.82 ERA in his first three outings, Hamels has a 5.79 ERA in his past two, having allowed nine runs in 14 innings. He threw 121 pitches in his April 23 outing against Milwaukee — striking out 11 — but lost because he gave up two home runs to Prince Fielder. Hamels has never beaten the Padres, the team for which he grew up rooting, in three career meetings.
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