| Breaking News |  | Friday, June 20th, 2008: 350 Victories for Padres Pitcher
His goal at twenty was to win twenty games one year, pitch until he was thirty, win the league pennant and to make some money. Well, Greg Maddux did something even better -- the 42-year-old San Diego Padres star has now won 350 games in his career. That put him in a very select group of pitchers in the .
He joined that exclusive club today at Petco Park by whipping the Anaheim Angels 7-2, holding them to 5 hits in 8.1 innings while chalking up 3 strikeouts and no walks.
In the postgame interview, the modest Maddux said, "It's special to win 350 games. You don't do it by yourself. You do it with good stuff and a good bullpen. You are only as good as the guys behind you. Years from now I might look back on it and give myself a little pat on the back."
Maddux has chalked up a lifetime ERA of 3.12 with 350 victories and 221 defeats. He has totaled 3304 career strikeouts in 4905.2 innings while holding opponents to a .247 batting average.
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| Thursday, May 1st, 2008: San Diego Starter Named NL's Best Pitcher
Last month's cream of the crop on the mound was Chris Young of the San Diego Padres. He captured the National League Pitcher of the Month award for his outstanding performance in April.
Young started 5 games, threw 40 innings, yielded 33 hits and logged a 4-1 record. He put down 37 batters on strikes, walked 11 and compiled a 2.70 ERA. Opposing teams batted .226 against him.
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| Thursday, April 24th, 2008: Young Pitches Gem against New York (N)
San Diego pitcher Chris Young put on a show today and walked away with a 7-0 shutout victory over the New York (N) Mets, throttling them on 2 hits. He just cruised through their lineup, fanning 9 and walking 5 in a strong outing.
"He was very efficient and he hit his spots," his manager said. "He stayed down in the zone and stayed away from the middle of the plate."
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 56-63, .471 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 12.5 GB | | Record at home | 34-27, .557 PCT | | Record on the road | 22-36, .379 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-7, .462 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 15-26, .366 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 18-18, .500 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 38-45, .458 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 14-8, .636 PCT | | Record in May | 11-17, .393 PCT | | Record in June | 8-18, .308 PCT | | Record in July | 12-14, .462 PCT | | Record in August | 11-6, .647 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .266 - 9th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .335 - 10th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .407 - 12th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .742 - 12th in NL | | Runs Scored | 519 - 14th in NL | | Hits | 1098 - 10th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 351 - 12th in NL | | Home Runs | 102 - 12th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 423 - 6th in NL | | Strikeouts | 865 - 11th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 56 - 10th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.85 - 2nd in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.76 - 1st in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.09 - 8th in NL | | Runs allowed | 505 - 2nd in NL | | Hits allowed | 1073 - 6th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .262 - 7th in NL | | BABIP | .308 - 9th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 84 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 370 - 4th in NL | | Strikeouts | 799 - 10th in NL |
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