Maddux Joins Elite By Winning 350

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Try, try again. That's the philosophy Greg Maddux has been following in his bid to became only the ninth pitcher in baseball history to win 350 games. On Saturday, all his hard work paid off as Maddux got to the magic number when the Padres beat the Rockies, 3-2.

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Maddux becomes ninth pitcher in MLB history to reach 350 wins

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Series tied 1-1 (as of Sat 5/10)
Fri 5/9	COL 4, @SD 2	Recap | Box Score
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	COL (Reynolds) @ SD (Young)	4:05 ET
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Scoring Summary
			COL	SDG
	4th	A Gonzalez homered to left, T Iguchi and B Giles scored.	0	3
	6th	O Quintanilla grounded out to first, W Taveras scored.	1	3
	8th	W Taveras doubled to right, C Barmes scored.	2	3
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Game Information

Stadium: Petco Park, San Diego, CA

Attendance: 34,117 (80.3% full)

Game Time: 2:23

Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 9 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Ed Hickox, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Ed Rapuano

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Greg Maddux became the ninth pitcher in big league history to win 350 games, reaching the plateau in his fifth try and leading the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.
Pitchers with 350 wins

Greg Maddux joined some select company with his 350th career win on Saturday. He becomes the ninth man in history to reach that mark.

Name	Wins
Cy Young	511
Walter Johnson	417
Pete Alexander	373
Christy Mathewson	373
Pud Galvin	364
Warren Spahn	363
Kid Nichols	361
Roger Clemens	354
Greg Maddux	350

With Adrian Gonzalez hitting a three-run homer and the Padres ending a five-game losing streak, Mad Dog held the Rockies to an unearned run -- set up by his three-base throwing error -- and three hits in six innings. He struck out one and walked none.The 42-year-old Maddux (3-3) improved to 350-217 in 23rd big league seasons. It's another milestone to go along with his four NL Cy Young Awards, one World Series championship and a record 17 Gold Glove Awards.It was just the fifth win in 23 games for the Padres (13-24), who have the worst record in the majors. Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his sixth save in eight chances, extending his big league career record to 530. It was his first appearance since getting a save at Philadelphia on April 30.Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez (1-3) struck out a career-high 11 in taking the loss.Maddux hadn't won since beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 on the road on April 13. He followed that with three losses and a no-decision.The right-hander was sharp against the Rockies, including retiring the first seven batters. He allowed consecutive two-out singles to Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins in the fourth before getting Brad Hawpe to fly out to right.Maddux fielded Willy Taveras' dribbler to the right of the mound leading off the sixth and, in a rare defensive breakdown, threw wide of first baseman Gonzalez. Taveras sped around to third as the ball rolled into the Rockies' bullpen down to the right-field line. Taveras scored on Omar Quintanilla's grounder to third. It was Maddux's first error since May 9, 2007, at Atlanta.Gonzalez hit an opposite-field homer to left with no outs in the fourth, his ninth. Tadahito Iguchi and Brian Giles walked ahead of Gonzalez, who homered on a 2-2 pitch.The Rockies pulled to 3-2 in the eighth when Clint Barmes singled leading off against Heath Bell, advanced on a passed ball and scored on Taveras' double to right.Game notes
RHP Greg Reynolds, the Rockies' first-round pick in the 2006 draft, is expected to make his major league debut as the Rockies' starter in Sunday afternoon's series finale. He'll oppose RHP Chris Young. ... Jody Gerut, promoted Friday after Jim Edmonds was released, batted leadoff while Brian Giles was dropped to the No. 3 hole. Gerut went 0-for-3 with a walk. ... The Padres had four stolen bases for the first time since Aug. 10 at Cincinnati. ... Padres C Luke Carlin made his big league debut a day after his contract was purchased from Triple-A Portland, striking out three straight times.


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[The Devil]

NUMBER 9 ON THE ALL TIME LIST IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE........IF HE SOMEHOW PITCHES ANOTHER 2-3 YEARS HE COULD GET TO NUMBER 3......

[mr merlin]

I remember when he pitched for the cubs.

[Ego74]

Will probably be the last time in our lifetimes that we see a 350 game winner

Have always been a big fan of Maddux

[Ego74]

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MADDUX BY THE NUMBERS

Age: 42 (born April 14, 1966)
Career Record: 350-217
Career ERA: 3.12
Cy Young awards: 4 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Gold Gloves: 17 (every year from 1990-2007 except 2003)
Career winning percentage: .617
Innings pitched: 4,864.1

First major league appearance: Sept. 2, 1986. Threw one inning of relief and was the losing pitcher in the Cubs' 8-7 loss to the Astros. First victory: Sept. 9, 1986. The Cubs beat the Reds 11-3. Maddux pitched a complete game and gave up 11 hits and struck out four. Bo Diaz went 4-for-4 against Maddux and ended his career 6-for-9 against Maddux.
Greg Maddux and Mike Maddux started against each other two times. Greg won 8-3 on Sept. 29, 1986, and Mike won 6-3 on July 31, 1988. Each had one single off the other. "My shining moment as a hitter," Mike says.
Career
Most victories: 35, against the Mets (and 19 losses)
Most losses: 20, against the Cardinals (and 26 victories)
The Diamondbacks (11-2) are the only National League team to have a winning record against Maddux.
Head-to-head
All-time
Hated to face: Tony Gwynn, .429 BA in 91 AB
Loved to face: Ron Gant, .149 BA in 67 AB
Current

Hates to face: Geoff Jenkins, Phillies, .421 BA in 57 AB
Loves to face: Rich Aurilia, Giants, .196 BA in 51 AB
Maddux career batting average against: .249
Maddux vs. hitters with 2 outs and runners in scoring position: .227
When is Maddux at his best? The seventh inning. His batting average allowed is .233 and his OPS allowed is .603.
Maddux vs. hitters with an 0-2 count: .136 average
Maddux vs. hitters with a 3-ball count: .227 average

[The Devil]

ALWAYS LIKED MADDUX.......HOPE WE DON'T FIND HE WAS ON STEROIDS AND HAD 27 MISTRESSES.............

[Journeyman]

Originally Posted by mr merlin

I remember when he pitched for the cubs.

Which time?


Maddux could win 400, been satying it for 3 years now, he needs to get more help from his team though, I think they have cost him 5-8 wins in his past 20 starts.