A GREAT game and a wonderful milestone for one of the classiest guys in the game of baseball or any sport for that matter. This is the story on the game and this is the way it looked in the boxscore!!! Mets win!!! Tom Glavine is now only the 23rd pitcher to reach such a milestone. CONGRATULATIONS TOM GLAVINE!!!
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tom Glavine joined pitching's most prestigious club with a vintage performance, changing speeds and fooling hitters in the manner that made him one of baseball's best.
The stylish left-hander earned his 300th victory Sunday night with nervous family and friends looking on from near the Mets' dugout on the first-base side.
Glavine left with a five-run lead after 6 1-3 innings, and New York's bullpen held on for a 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Wife Christine Glavine wiped tears from her eyes as Billy Wagner retired Mike Fontenot on a grounder for the final out. Glavine, who watched from the dugout, came out in a warmup jacket and exchanged hugs and slaps with teammates. He then hugged his children, and his wife, giving her a kiss, received congratulations from his parents and waved to the crowd.
"It's over with now," he said after his hugging his youngest son.
Glavine (10-6) became the 23rd pitcher with 300 victories, the first since former teammate Greg Maddux reached the milestone in 2004 while with the Cubs. The 41-year-old Glavine, only the fifth lefty to win 300, capped a momentous weekend in baseball. On Saturday, Barry Bonds hit his 755th homer to tie Hank Aaron's career mark and Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 500 homers.
Now the question is: Will the latest 300-game winner be the last? Randy Johnson has 284 wins but back problems have plagued him and he turns 44 in September.
Six days earlier in his first try for No. 300, Glavine left with a one-run lead at Milwaukee only to watch his bullpen blow it.
Christine, who slumped in her seat at Miller Park, didn't have her hopes dashed this time -- although the bullpen made it close before the Mets pulled away late. Carlos Delgado backed Glavine with four RBIs, and Luis Castillo had four of New York's 16 hits.
Before a crowd of 41,599 on a muggy night, and with flashbulbs popping all over the old neighborhood park, Glavine allowed two runs and six hits, struck out one and walked one.
He left after Angel Pagan doubled on his 102nd pitch, getting a high five from manager Willie Randolph on the mound and a standing ovation as he left the field.
Guillermo Mota came in and gave up a single to Jason Kendall, Pedro Feliciano then relieved and gave up an RBI grounder to pinch-hitter Jacque Jones. Fontenot's double made it a 5-3 game, bringing on Aaron Heilman, who retired Ryan Theirot on an inning-ending flyout.
After Delgado hit an RBI double in the eighth off Will Ohman, causing Christine Glavine to get up and applaud, Paul Lo Duca followed with a run-scoring single against Michael Wuertz.
Glavine was the third pitcher looking for his 300th win at Wrigley Field in the last five seasons. Roger Clemens (June 7, 2003) and Maddux (Aug. 1, 2004) both failed.
Glavine, won his first game with the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 22, 1987, was a five-time 20-game winner with the Braves and joined Maddux and John Smoltz to give Atlanta one of baseball's most formidable rotations for years. He captured the NL Cy Young Award in 1991 and 1998, was the MVP of the 1995 World Series and is a 10-time All-Star. He went to the Mets as a free agent after the 2002 season.
Before Glavine, no pitcher had won his 300th game in a Mets uniform although some 300-game winners have pitched with New York -- Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan and Warren Spahn, who won four games in 1965.
There was big news for the Cubs, too,
Kerry Wood pitched the seventh in his first major league appearance since June 6, 2006 after a long bout of shoulder problems. The crowd began chanting "Ker-ry! Ker-ry!" and Wood retired Lo Duca on the first pitch he threw as even more flashbulbs began going off. Wood allowed one hit in a scoreless inning.
Chicago had an early threat against Glavine in the third but instead it ended with a leg injury on the basepaths for Chicago star Alfonso Soriano.
Soriano singled with two outs for the Cubs' first hit and when Ryan Theriot followed with a single to center, Soriano took off for third. But Soriano pulled up lame between the bases, favoring his right leg and as he tried to hop to the bag was tagged out easily. He was helped off the field with a strained right quadriceps and left the game.
Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Soriano will be sidelined at least two weeks and up to a month.
"It's going to be a tough loss. I don't know what we'll do," Piniella said. "Losing Soriano is the toughest thing about this homestand."
Entering with a .231 batting average this season, Glavine showed his prowess with the bat, hitting a two-out RBI single in the second to put the Mets ahead.
Run-scoring doubles by Delgado and Shawn Green off Jason Marquis (8-7), Glavine's former Atlanta teammate, made it 3-0 in the fifth. Reyes had a run-scoring single that chased Marquis in the sixth and scored on Delgado's groundout.
Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back two-out doubles in the bottom half.
Notes
Lo Duca returned after missing six games with a tender hamstring. ... The Cubs are 10-17 against left-handed starters. ... After Soriano was hurt, Cliff Floyd moved from right field to left field, Mark DeRosa went from second base to right field and Fontenot entered the game to play second. ... Marquis gave up five runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings.
NY Mets 8, Chi Cubs 3
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Mets 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 8 16 0
Chi Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 0
WP: T. Glavine (10-6)
LP: J. Marquis (8-7)
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd: NY Mets
- T. Glavine singled to center, L. Milledge scored
Top 5th: NY Mets
- C. Delgado doubled to deep right, L. Castillo scored
- S. Green doubled to deep right, C. Delgado scored
Top 6th: NY Mets
- J. Reyes singled to center, L. Milledge scored
- C. Delgado grounded out to second, J. Reyes scored, L. Castillo to third, D. Wright to second
Bot 6th: Chi Cubs
- A. Ramirez doubled to deep center, D. Lee scored
Bot 7th: Chi Cubs
- J. Jones grounded out to second, A. Pagan scored, J. Kendall to second
- M. Fontenot doubled to left, J. Kendall scored
Top 8th: NY Mets
- C. Delgado doubled to deep center, L. Castillo scored, D. Wright to third
- P. Lo Duca singled to left, D. Wright scored, C. Delgado to third, M. Alou to second
Top 9th: NY Mets
- C. Delgado hit sacrifice fly to right, J. Reyes scored
NY Mets
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
J. Reyes ss 6 2 3 1 0 1 3 .303
L. Castillo 2b 5 2 4 0 0 0 2 .320
R. Gotay 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .346
D. Wright 3b 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 .304
C. Delgado 1b 4 1 2 4 1 0 1 .253
M. Alou lf 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 .309
S. Green rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 6 .269
P. Lo Duca c 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .269
L. Milledge cf 4 2 3 0 1 0 3 .305
T. Glavine p 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .244
G. Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P. Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A. Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .237
J. Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
B. Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 8 16 8 7 4 24
Batting
2B - L Castillo (2, J Marquis); C Delgado 2 (27, J Marquis, W Ohman); S Green (25, J Marquis); L Milledge (6, J Marquis).
3B - J Reyes (11, R Dempster).
S - T Glavine.
SF - C Delgado.
RBI - T Glavine (3), C Delgado 4 (64), S Green (32), J Reyes (45), P Lo Duca (32).
2-out RBI - T Glavine, S Green.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Green 2, M Alou 1, L Castillo 1, P Lo Duca 1, M Anderson 2, J Reyes 2.
Team LOB - 15.
Base Running
SB - L Milledge (1, 2nd base off J Marquis/J Kendall), J Reyes (53, 3rd base off S Eyre/J Kendall), L Castillo 2 (2, 2nd base off S Eyre/J Kendall, 3rd base off W Ohman/J Kendall).
Fielding
Outfield assists - L Milledge (A Soriano at 3rd base).
Chi Cubs
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
A. Soriano lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297
M. Fontenot 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .308
R. Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .280
D. Lee 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .326
A. Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .317
C. Floyd rf-lf 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 .292
M. DeRosa 2b-rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286
R. Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A. Pagan cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .273
J. Kendall c 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .267
J. Marquis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160
S. Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K. Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Jones ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .251
W. Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Murton rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
Totals 35 3 9 3 2 2 8
Batting
2B - D Lee (33, T Glavine); A Ramirez (26, T Glavine); A Pagan (10, T Glavine); M Fontenot (10, P Feliciano); J Kendall (4, B Wagner).
RBI - A Ramirez (69), J Jones (33), M Fontenot (24).
2-out RBI - A Ramirez, M Fontenot.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Floyd 1, R Theriot 1, M Fontenot 1.
Team LOB - 7.
NY Mets
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
T. Glavine (W, 10-6) 6.1 6 2 2 1 1 0 4.31
G. Mota 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.09
P. Feliciano (H, 12) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.88
A. Heilman (H, 12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.47
J. Sosa 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.26
B. Wagner 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.30
Chi Cubs
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
J. Marquis (L, 8-7) 5.1 9 5 5 3 1 0 4.39
S. Eyre 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5.45
K. Wood 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
W. Ohman 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 0 5.06
M. Wuertz 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.33
R. Dempster 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.89
WP - J Marquis.
IBB - D Wright (by S Eyre), M Alou 2 (by S Eyre, W Ohman).
Pitches-strikes - T Glavine 102-58; G Mota 3-2; P Feliciano 7-4; A Heilman 3-3; J Sosa 13-6; B Wagner 17-13; J Marquis 98-61; S Eyre 21-7; K Wood 14-8; W Ohman 20-11; M Wuertz 6-4; R Dempster 14-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - T Glavine 7-10; G Mota 0-0; P Feliciano 1-0; A Heilman 0-1; J Sosa 2-1; B Wagner 1-1; J Marquis 10-5; S Eyre 2-0; K Wood 2-0; W Ohman 0-0; M Wuertz 0-2; R Dempster 1-1.
Batters faced - T Glavine 25; G Mota 1; P Feliciano 2; A Heilman 1; J Sosa 4; B Wagner 4; J Marquis 28; S Eyre 5; K Wood 4; W Ohman 5; M Wuertz 3; R Dempster 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Fieldin Culbreth. 2B--Paul Schrieber. 3B--Tim Mcclelland.
Time: 3:20.
Attendance: 41,599.
Weather: 83 degrees, clear.
Wind: 8 mph, out to center.
Game Notes
CHICAGO LEFT FIELDER ALFONSO SORIANO LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING WITH A RIGHT LEG INJURY.
NEW YORK SECOND BASEMAN LUIS CASTILLO LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING DUE TO AN UNDISCLOSED INJURY.
NEW YORK SECOND BASEMAN LUIS CASTILLO LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION.
NEW YORK PITCHER TOM GLAVINE BECAME THE 23RD PLAYER TO RECORD 300 MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER WINS.
