European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 35 countdown hits 298 for Glavine Lethander masterful reds As he closes on 300th Victory the associated press new York Tom Glavine pitched one of his Best yet nearly went Home after leaving runners on base in All but one inning saturday the new York mets finally came through in the eighth when Lastings Mutledge hit a tiebreak ing single with two outs for a 21 defeat of the Cincinnati reds and Glavine 298th in not going to lie to Glavine if i didst come out of that with a it would have had psychological Glavine 86 allowed Only two including Brandon Phillips in eight but he would have been lifted for Pinch hitter Damion Easley even if the 8 haunt Given the mets the Tommy was manager Willie Randolph lurking in the dugout Tunnel and gauging the Progress of the mets rally from crowd reactions in the Glavine toyed with the idea of grabbing a Bat and in forming Randolph that he planned to Glavine struck out five and walked improving to 2712 against the two tune by Young award recipient is with in two of becoming baseballs 22nd 300game what you saw was Vintage Gla reds interim manager Pete Mackanin he was out standing he pitched on both sides of the its hard to win when you have two but we were still in Shawn Green hit an rib single and scored the godhead run for the who secured their fourth win in 11 games in july when Billy Wagner pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th Matt Belisle held new York in Check for seven strand ing eight runners before the mets came through against reliever Mike Stanton dodgers giants 7 los Angeles won its 10th straight game in san Francisco on Rafael Furcal sacrifice Fly in the Barry who was walked leading off the ninth against Allstar closer Takashi Saito and scored the tying run on Pedro Feltzs two out the dodgers rallied with a Lead off double by James Loney in the 12th off Pat Misch Loney went to third on Wilson be emits single after Misch intention ally loaded the scored on Furcal Fly to Hendrickson 44 pitched two scoreless innings and Rudy Sean Fez worked the 12th for his first save in six braves pirates 4 Jeff fran Coeur hit a base loaded single with two outs in the Bottom of the giving the braves a Victory Over the Willie Harris led off the ninth with an infield single that bounced off reliever Shawn Cha cons Harris moved to Sec Ond on Yusnel Escobar sacrifice and Edgar Renteria popped out before Chacon 42 issued an intentional walk to Chipper the runners advanced on Cha cons wild pitch to Andrew who walked on a 32 fran Coeur then hit a 21 pitch up the Bob Wickman 22 worked a scoreless ninth for the Andrew Jones hit a two run Homer for marlins nationals 2 Miguel Morry Milwaukee Brewers Catcher Johnny Estrada drops a Popup by the Colo Rado Rockies Todd Helton during the fourth inning of saturdays Cabrera hit one of Florida three Home runs and Sergio Mitre pitched into the eighth for the Host Jeremy Hermida and Josh Willingham also connected off Rookie Matt Chico who is 05 on the Mitre 44 won at Home for the first time in 15 career appearance including 11 Kevin Gregg worked a perfect ninth for his 19th Brewers Rockies 1 Pinch hitter Tony Graff Aninos Bloop single scored Geoff Jenkins from third with one out in the Bot Tom of the and the Brewers overcame the loss of Allstar Ben sheets to a sprained Finger on his pitching Derrick Turnbow 23 pitched a scoreless 10th for the Jenkins broke an ofor14 slump by hitting the first pitch in the 10th off Latroy Hawkins 04 for a Tony Gwynn grounded to moving Jen Kins to with the infield Graffagnino hit a soft Fly that landed a few feet past the infield in drop Ping easily for a single and allow ing Jenkins to diamondbacks padres 4 Chad Tracy singled Home the win Ning run in the eighth for the Host Arizona managed just one run and two hits against Chris who left after throwing 96 pitches through six they had bet Ter Luck against Heath Bell in the ripping him for three runs and five Sharp singles in a third of an Stephen Drew and Mark Rey nolds each hit sacrifice flies and Miguel Montero singled in a run to tie it Hudson led off the eighth with a double Down the Loftfield line off Scott Linebrink one out Tracy singled up the Middle to score Brandon Lyon 63 pitched a scoreless eighth and Jose Valver de pitched the ninth for his 27th tying Milwaukee fran Cisco Cordero for the major league wind not a Factor As Lilly breezes past astros by Rick gang the associated press Chicago Ted Lilly went to the Wrigley Field Mound in the first inning and found the prevail ing wind seemed to be blowing on a Day that might have been a pitchers Lilly kept the Ball in the Park and held the Houston astros Down saturday As the Chicago cubs continued their surge with a 93 the cubs roughed up Allstar Roy Aramis Ramirez had four Bis and Alfonso Soriano hit a three run Chicago first Homer in 11 i respect that and for us to go out there and the Guys to put those kind of a bats against one of the top pitchers in the i certainly wanted to take advantage of an Opportunity like Lilly said after winning his fourth straight the one of the cubs top of season is 50 in his last six he had a week off Between starts and he had a fresh cubs manager Lou Piniella he had Good velocity from the first inning until the Lilly who Hast lost since june gave up four hits and a run Over eight innings to help Chi Cago win for the 14th time in 18 he walked struck put seven and added a run scoring single in the sixth for his third major league Lilly said his control of his fast Ball has been a big As has his ability to limit Home a weak Ness in the in trying to limit the mis takes and keep the Ball from out Over the he Ive tried not to think about strike after lillys rib Sori Ano followed with a Homer to his Tea leading to finish Oswalt the right hander gave up 10 hits and a season High nine runs in svs everybody knows Hes a very Good Soriano the i dont think it needs a Homer right i think it is More important How we Soriano Homer with the wind blowing out at 15 Mph was the first for the cubs since june a stretch of 365 Ramirez had a two run double in the fourth and a two run single in the after Oswalt retired the first 10 Cesar Isturis singled in the fourth and went to third when Derrek Lee doubled to Ramirez followed with a drive to right Center that got stuck in the Ivy for a ground Rule putting the cubs ahead one out Houston Catcher Brad Ausmus picked up Mark de Rosas roller to the left of the plate and threw it past allow ing Ramirez to Oswalt got the first two hitters in the fifth but gave up a single to Soriano before walking Isturis and Lee to Load the Ramirez singled to left for a 51 phils stave off by Dan Gelston the associated press Philadelphia Cole Hamels was admittedly Rusty in his first Start after the Allstar the lefty was clearly miss ing his Best had the High pitch count without All the strike outs that usually go along with and retired the Side in order Only but with the Way the Philadel phia Phillies have been swinging the Hamels cruised to a Vic Jimmy Ryan Howard and Aaron Rowand Pat Burrell added four Bis and Phil Adelphia avoided its loss again by beating the Louis cardinals 104 on when youre theres a Confidence knowing if you give up a run Here or there the team is going to answer Hamels Rowand finished 4for4 and Chase Utley knocked in two runs for the who had 14 hits a Day after compiling a season High Rollins and Burrell had hits youve got to win the Best Way you Phillies manager Char lie Manuel the Best Way for now is out slug Ging the the High est scoring team in the National league scored in five of the first six innings and won its third Hamels 114 matched Chica gos Carlos Zambrano for the no Victory Lead and passed san i egos Jake Peavy for the leagues strikeout Lead had Only had two strikeouts and gave up four runs in six innings in one of his few lacklustre performances of the every inning that Hamels Al Lowed a the Phillies bailed him out with runs in their i was More or less giving it away to the other team and the team just kept battling Back and scoring a lot of runs for Hamels it definitely makes my Job a lot most surprising was Burrells the slumping left fielder has found himself on the Bench most of the last month with his average and 38 against Mike Maroth and the Burrelle disco ered his once dependable his two run double in the fifth made it 74 and a two run the opposite Way to right in the sixth boosted the margin to earning a rousing ovation As he left for a Pinch Hes a huge part of this Rowand if were going to make the Hes going to be a significant Factor in Why made the that s what he that what Hes capable of doing and everyone knows the six run Cushion was enough for Hamels and relievers Ryan Madson and Antonio Alfon Seca to delay Philadelphia inevitable loss for at least one More if they win the series the Phillies could reach the Mark on their seven game West coast Philadelphia would be the first professional sports team to lose the Phillies their