SAN DIEGO (AP) — Greg Maddux has been around so long that even an average outing can produce a major league record.
Maddux slogged through five innings — issuing his first walk in 10 starts — and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Tuesday night, the fifth straight victory for the NL wild-card leaders.
Khalil Greene had three hits, reached base five times and drove in two runs for the Padres, who remained 1 1/2 games in front of Philadelphia in the wild-card race. The Phillies beat St. Louis 7-4 in 14 innings.
The Padres also stayed a game behind first-place Arizona in the NL West after the Diamondbacks beat San Francisco 5-0.
Maddux (13-10) won for the sixth time in seven decisions and for the 346th time in his career. The Padres have won eight of his last 10 starts.
"It was a good team win," Maddux said.
The 41-year-old right-hander also reached 13 wins for the 20th consecutive season, passing Cy Young for the major league record.
It wasn't his prettiest start, though. Maddux fell behind 2-0 in the first inning and ended up allowing three runs and seven hits. He struck out two and walked two.
Maddux's streak of not walking a batter ended at 59 2/3 innings when he walked Jason Bay on a full-count pitch to load the bases with two outs in the third and the Padres leading 4-2. Maddux then got Ronny Paulino to fly out to end the inning.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Greg Maddux has been around so long that even an average outing can produce a major league record.
Maddux slogged through five innings — issuing his first walk in 10 starts — and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Tuesday night, the fifth straight victory for the NL wild-card leaders.
Khalil Greene had three hits, reached base five times and drove in two runs for the Padres, who remained 1 1/2 games in front of Philadelphia in the wild-card race. The Phillies beat St. Louis 7-4 in 14 innings.
The Padres also stayed a game behind first-place Arizona in the NL West after the Diamondbacks beat San Francisco 5-0.
Maddux (13-10) won for the sixth time in seven decisions and for the 346th time in his career. The Padres have won eight of his last 10 starts.
"It was a good team win," Maddux said.
The 41-year-old right-hander also reached 13 wins for the 20th consecutive season, passing Cy Young for the major league record.
It wasn't his prettiest start, though. Maddux fell behind 2-0 in the first inning and ended up allowing three runs and seven hits. He struck out two and walked two.
Maddux's streak of not walking a batter ended at 59 2/3 innings when he walked Jason Bay on a full-count pitch to load the bases with two outs in the third and the Padres leading 4-2. Maddux then got Ronny Paulino to fly out to end the inning.
Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Greg Maddux has been around so long that even an average outing can produce a major league record.
Maddux slogged...
