European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes monday april 30 2007 Fortys Methin and still firing Exma Tes Maddux Smoltz prevail exp rave Glavine denied 294th win the associated press former teammates Greg mad Dux and John Smoltz showed they still have what it takes to win after All these years the 41yearold Maddux 22 got his 335th Ca reer Victory sat urday night Al lowing five hits and two runs in seven innings As san Diego shaded the los Angeles dodgers 32 Smoltz Wholl turn 40 next month limited Colorado to two first inning runs in seven innings As Atlanta beat the Rockies 62 Smoltz 31 has 196 victories and four Morew to become the first Pitcher in baseball history with 200 wins and 150 saves the third member of Atlanta longtime big three 41yearold lefty Tom Glavine pitched Well enough to win saturday night but ended up with a no decision in Stead of his 294th Victory As the new York mets had to go 12 innings to beat Washington 62 Glavine left after six innings having allowed three hits and one run padres 3 dodgers 2 at san a Diego career saves Leader Trevor Hoffman rebounded from two straight blown save opportunities to close the door on los an Geles after blowing save chances in consecutive appearances for the first time in 10 years Hoff Man pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save in seven chances and the 487th of his career braves 6 Rockies 2 at Den ver Chipper Jones two run sin Gle highlighted a three run third that put Atlanta ahead to stay Jeff Francoeur had a Solo Homer and Kelly Johnson a triple to help the braves to a 52 Lead after four mets 6 nationals 2 at Washington Carlos Beltran and David Wright delivered two run hits in the 12th for new York Bel trans double Down the first base line off Ryan Wagner snapped a 22 tie and Wright s single to left tacked on two More runs the mets got into extra innings on a Pinch hit run scoring single by 48yearold Julio Franco with two outs in the ninth diamondbacks 5 giants 4 at Phoenix Barry Bonds hit his 742nd career Home run for san Francisco but Scott hairs tons 14th won it for Arizona Hairston a Pinch hitter hit reliever Vinnie chunks first pitch 418 feet into the Loftfield seats with two run ners on to give the diamondbacks a 54 Lead in the seventh inning cubs 8 cardinals i at St Louis Jacque Jones hit a base loaded triple in Chicago seven run fifth and Carlos Zam Brano 22 excelled for seven innings Zambrano is unbeaten against the cardinals in his last eight starts going 50 with a 154 Era Over innings he ended a three game wingless Streak by Al lowing one run and seven hits with two strikeouts Chris Park will Greg Maddux top got his 335th career Victory on saturday night As the san Diego padres beat the los Angeles dodgers 32 Maddus former teammate with the Atlanta braves John Smoltz went seven innings saturday night for Victory no 196 a 62 defeat of Colorado reds 8 pirates 1 at Pitts Burgh Matt Belisle 31 didst allow a baserunner until the sixth inning and finished with a five hit Ter for his first Complete game ending Pittsburgh five game winning Streak Belisle retired the first 16 Bat ters before Ronny Paulino Dou bled into the right Center Gap with Cincinnati up 50 in the sixth the right hander struck out five and walked none astros 10 Brewers 1 at Houston Craig Biggio had a Tri ple and three Bis As Houston snapped a seven game losing Streak Lance Berkman Mark Loretta and Adam Everett each had two Bis As the astros shop out of an offensive slump with their highest run total of the sea son marlins 11 Phillies 5 at Phila Delphia Miguel Cabrera had a Ca re Erbest five hits and Dontrelle Willis 51 won after struggling into the seventh inning Cabrera had four singles and his seventh Homer of the year Josh willing Ham added a three run Home run and Dan Uggla also went deep for the marlins Willis allowed nine hits and five runs before leaving with one out in the seventh Yankees top red sox to end the associated press new York banished to the bullpen Kei Igawa saved the struggling new York Yan Kees when they desperately needed him Igawa 21 shut out Boston for six plus innings after replacing injured starter Jeff Karstens in the first and new York snapped a seven game losing Streak with a 31 Victory on saturday Jorge Posada hit a two run Homer off Knuck Leballeur Tim Wakefield 23 and Mariano Riv Era earned his first save to help the Yankees avoid their first eight game skid since August 1995 the slump had owner George Steinbrenner Seething in Florida and it raised questions about manager Joe Torres Job Security but the Yankees 913 got what they needed a Well pitched game even though they lost yet another starter to injury Yankees Captain Derek Jeter had three hits for the second consecutive game orioles 7 indians 4 at Cleveland a bizarre set of circumstances led to a run that was waved off in the third inning being added to the orioles total three innings later in the end it didst matter As Corey Patter son hit a two run double in the eighth inning and Ramon Hernandez added a two run Dou ble in the ninth to help Baltimore snap a five game losing Streak and end the indians winning Streak at six twins 11 tigers 3 at Detroit Justin Morneau homered and Minnesota roughed up Justin Verlander and Detroit with 17 hits Morneau had three hits and scored three times for the twins who reached base 23 times against five tigers pitchers every player in their lineup had at least one hit and six had at least two Verlander 11 had his first poor Outing of the year allowing five and eight hits in three innings rangers 9 Blue jays 8 at Toronto Hank Blalock atoned for an earlier error with a sacrifice Fly in the 10th inning to lift Texas Michael Young hit a on out double in the 10th and stole third Mark Teixeira walked and Sammy Sosa was Given a free pass from Brian Tallet 01 before Blalock flied out to the warning track in Center to drive in Young Akinori Otsuka 10 got the win despite giving up the tying run in the ninth athletics 12 Devil rays 5 at Oakland Calif Travis Buck hit a three run Homer in Oakland six run first and Eric Chavez had a three run drive in the seventh Mark Ellis added his first Homer of the year for the athletics Dan Haren 32 struck out seven and allowed two earned runs in 71h innings to win his third straight Start by Upton homered and went 3for4 for the Devil rays Casey Fossum coming off consecutive victories Over Baltimore and the new York Yankees was tagged for a sea so High nine runs in five innings Angels 3 White sox 0 at Chicago Jered Weaver pitched innings for his first Victory of the season and Gary Matthews or led off the game with a Home run for los Angeles Weaver who was 112 with a 256 Era last season As a Rookie but started this year on the disabled list with biceps tendinitis bounced Back from his shortest Outing of the season he scattered six hits and didst allow a walk striking out five royals 8 mariners 3 at Seattle Gil Meche pitched six innings in his return to Seattle and Kansas City ended the mariners fou game winning Streak Jeff Weaver 04 surrendered five consecutive hits to Start the game and didst make it out of the first inning he recorded one out allowing six runs and seven hits to raise his Era to 1826 Meche 21 want overpowering giving up 10 hits at least one every inning but he struck out five walked two and allowed three unearned runs cardinals Hancock killed i car crash by re Fallstrom the associated press St Louis Josh Hancock a key member of the bullpen that helped the so Louis cardinals win the world series last season was killed in a car crash Early sunday the cardinals postponed their Home game sunday night against the Chicago cubs police said the 29yearold Han cock was alone in his Sun when he struck the rear of a Tow truck at am the truck was in the left Lane assisting another vehicle that was involved in a prior Acci Dent officer Pete mutter said Hancock was pronounced dead at the scene the Driver of the Tow truck whose name was not re leased by police was in the truck at the time of the crash but was not injured the medical examiners office said sunday morning that an autopsy had been scheduled the cardinals and police were expected to make a statement later in the Day at Busch stadium Hancocks death is the second of a cardinals player in less than five years Pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room in june 2002 the 33yearold Kile died of a Coro nary artery blockage Hancock who pitched three innings of Relief in saturdays 81 loss to the cubs played for four major league clubs he went 33 with a 409 Era in 62 regular sea son appearances for the Cardi nals last season and pitched in three postseason games he was 01 with a 355 Era in eight games this season three Days before Bis death Hancock gave the cardinals a scare mat some teammates said reminded them of Kiles death Hancock overslept and showed up late for a Day game in St Louis Hancock told the St Louis pos dispatch he thought the starting time was later and didst get up until the 20th Call from anxious teammates we were All a Little nervous closer Jason Isringhausen said earlier this week we dont care if youre late that happens we want to know that youre of Hancock made his of season Home in so Louis he was the Only player to attend the pre Miere of a did documenting the cardinals unlikely run to their 10th world series championship after winning Only 83 regular sea son games Hancock joined the cardinals in Spring training last season after the Cincinnati reds re leased him for violating a weight clause in his contract he had been a starter the previous year with Cincinnati but missed 133 games because of Groin and Elbow injuries he also pitched for Boston and Philadelphia