European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 27 Smoltz sets Standard in Victory Over mets Atlanta Veteran becomes first Pitcher to compile 200 150 saves the associated press Atlanta after beating his Good Friend and becoming the first Pitcher with 200 wins and 150 John Smoltz acknowledged that this want just another baseball Smoltz threw seven shutout innings to Lead the Atlanta braves to a 21 Victory Over Tom Glavine and the new York mets on thurs Day Smoltz said wednesday hed treat his third Start of the season against his Friend and former teammate As a Normal but the Milestone changed i tried to approach games like this As just another but when i walked out it was differ Smoltz i downplayed it As Long As i possibly Smoltz i tried not to think about it in any different but it was just a different it was different because so much was on the including Smoltz 200th career but it was the same because the Atlanta Ace extended his string of Strong starts this making his third Start of the season against his Atlanta teammate from Smoltz 72 became the nos first seven game he gave up seven hits without a walk and struck out the Turner Field crowd of gave Smoltz a standing ova Tion after the Smoltz lifted his Cap to acknowledge the who has 15 postseason said Hes experienced a Simi Lar thrill in a regular season game Only the first time i came out of the bullpen and the crowd went he it Felt like that the braves won two of three in the series and improved to 63 against the mets this season while cutting new Yorks Lead in the no East to were not said new Yorks Shawn were in first its going to be a Battle All Johnson led off the game with a single up the Middle and later scored on Jeff Francoeur Fly Ball to the braves pushed the Lead to 20 when Diaz led off the second with a Homer into the Atlanta bullpen beyond the Brightfield Glavine 52 failed in his bid for his 296th career despite giving up Only five hits and two runs in six innings for the who were denied their sixth straight series in Happy for him personal Glavine in not Happy it came against us and against Smoltz is 1713 with 24 saves in his career against the this he is 20 in three matchup with the braves won All cardinals pirates 1 Braden Looper won for the third time in four starts and Yadier Molina extended his hitting Streak to 15 helping Host Louis Fin ish off a three game sweep of Looper 63 allowed Only two other hits in six he had thrown consecutive score less innings against the pirates be fore Bautista and is 50 with a Era in five Day pirates starter Tom Gorzelanny 53 left the game after Aaron Miles smash up the Middle with one out in the sixth deflected off his rays were negative and the Lethander is not expected to miss a turn in the nationals reds 3 at Cincin Dmitri Young went 3for4 with two Mike Bacsik got his first win in almost three years and Washington won for the fourth time in five Cristian Guzman homered and Bacsik 10 scattered four hits Over his first seven innings before giving up Alex Gonzalezs two run Homer with two outs in the the Lethander earned his sixth career win and first since when he was with Matt Belisle 44 gave up four runs and a walk with two strike the reds have lost 17 of their last 22 diamondbacks astros 1 at Rookie Micah Owings struck out a season High eight in his first Complete and Ari Gregory making his third Start of the season against Tom his Atlanta teammate from braves Pitcher John Smoltz above became the nos first seven game he gave up seven hits without a walk and struck out five As the braves Defeated the new York mets 21 on thursday night in Zona sent Houston to its fifth straight Chris Snyder homered and Eric Byrnes and Orlando Hudson tripled for the Light hitting Dia who matched a sea son High for Owings 31 retired 18 of the last 20 he allowed a run and nine hits with a Houston starter Wandy Rodriguez 24 gave up eight runs five earned in five marlins Phillies 4 at Miguel Cabrera doubled off the scoreboard to score Han Ley Ramirez from first base and Florida prevailed in a game that included a Benc Clearing con tempers flared in the fourth in when the marlins Dontrelle Willis began shouting at the Phila Delphia the benches and bullpen and at least one punch was thrown by an unidentified Florida but there were no Lee Gardner 12 pitched a scoreless inning for the win for the who won for the fifth time in six Francisco Rosario 03 took the loss for which stranded a season High 17 run cubs padres 1 at san Derrek Lee Slid Home safely with the godhead run on the first of two run scoring ground outs in the ninth inning for Chica Lee led off with a single off Cla Meredith 12 and went to third on a single by Aramis Cliff Floyd then hit a two hop grounder to second baseman mar Cus who threw Home to try and get but Lee did a Hook slide around Catcher Josh Bard to give Chicago a 21 Pinch runner Angel Pagan later 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