Greg Maddux became the ninth pitcher in major league history to win 350 games, reaching the plateau in his fifth try and leading the Padres to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies last night in San Diego.
Maddux (3-3) 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. Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run home run as the Padres ended a five-game losing streak.
The 42-year-old Maddux is 350-217 in 23 seasons. He hadn't won since beating the Dodgers, 2-0, April 13. He followed that with three losses and a no-decision.
Maddux is now four wins behind Roger Clemens for eighth on the career list.
Rays 2, Angels 0 - At St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings in just his second start of the season, and Tampa Bay did just enough damage offensively to send the Angels' Joe Saunders to his first loss.
One day after James Shields shut out Los Angeles on one hit, Kazmir (1-1) held the Angels to a single and two doubles. The reigning AL strikeout champion, who spent the first five weeks of the season on the disabled list, walked three and struck out six against the Angels, who have lost three straight and have not scored in their last 18 innings.
Evan Longoria drove in the only run off Saunders (6-1) when he grounded into a force play with the bases loaded in the first inning. Saunders, trying to become the AL's first seven-game winner, allowed four hits, struck out three, and walked a season-high four in six innings.
Mets, 12-6; Reds, 7-1 - Carlos Beltran hit a bases-loaded triple and drove in five runs, and Johan Santana (4-2) picked up his first home win as the Mets took the opener of a day-night doubleheader with Cincinnati.
The Reds rebounded in the second game behind Bronson Arroyo (2-4), who struck out nine over eight dominant innings. Jeff Keppinger had a career-high five hits to help Cincinnati get the split.
Indians 12, Blue Jays 0 - Grady Sizemore homered twice and drove in five runs, powering Cleveland to a whitewashing of visiting Toronto, which lost its third in a row.
Sizemore had three hits, including a leadoff homer to start a six-run first inning against Dustin McGowan (2-3). Sizemore added a three-run shot in the fifth off Jason Frasor to make it 12-0.
Yankees 5, Tigers 2 - Darrell Rasner won his second consecutive start since coming up from the minors and Derek Jeter hit his first homer as New York ended a six-game losing streak to host Detroit.
Orioles 6, Royals 5 - Kevin Millar hit a three-run homer to help visiting Baltimore to its 12th straight victory over Kansas City.
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