Last Night's Action: No. 299 and Counting

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  • Mets 6, Pirates 3: Tom Glavine picked up his 299th career win by taking advantage of a rare night of productivity from Paul Lo Duca. A start after wilting despite having a 6-0 lead before he threw a pitch, Glavine shut down the Pirates at Shea. Lo Duca entered the game with a .312 on-base percentage and a .357 slugging average, and, despite the Mets' laughable efforts to have him elected to the All-Star Game, he hadn't been providing any pop at the plate. That didn't stop him from having his best game of the year Wednesday by knocking in four runs, two each on a pair of doubles. With Carlos Beltran out of action with a strained abdominal muscle, the Mets could use more performances from people like Lo Duca. Glavine can try for the magic 300 in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

  • Yankees 7, Royals 1: After putting up the most runs over a five-run stretch since 1931, the Yankees finally faced a pitcher who would have been good enough to be in the Major Leagues back then. Gil Meche tried but couldn't stop the Yankees' machine-like offense. Alex Rodriguez's 499th career home run came in the eighth and chased Meche from the game. Kei Igawa will try to keep the streak going -- and not allow three home runs in five innings -- when he starts Thursday.

  • Batavia 5, Brooklyn 3: The Cyclones got their hits from the fifth inning on, but they couldn't get their runs. When Steven Cheney gave up two in the bottom of the seventh, that sealed the deal.

  • Staten Island 9, Oneonta 5: Down one entering the fourth, the Baby Bombers had six of their first seven batters reach base. The one who didn't? That would be Justin Snyder, who managed only a sacrifice fly. The five-spot put the Yankees up to stay.

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Even if he had to make a few backhanded swipes, I'm pleased that Boorstein decided Glavine's 299th was at least a little more noted than some pedestrian Yankees win over what should be considered a AAA team. Good job, sort of.

Yankees win over what should be considered a AAA team
Yeah, because the Pirates are the team to beat in the NL.
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I'm a Mets fan, and I agree with all of Boorstein's "backhanded swipes" about LoDuca.

i think all mets fans should agree with the comments about loduca.

did people forget how the Royals won 2 out of 3 in Boston AND Detroit before playing the Yankees.

Yeah, because the Pirates are the team to beat in the NL.

Hey, no one called it a triumph.

Maybe Lo Duca should lay off the sixteen-year-olds.

Sorry, bad pun.

And let's not get into a comparison of quality of leagues, Mets fans...

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The Royals aren't a bad team - they have solid rookies and decent pitching.

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Yeah, let's not have backhanded swipes at a racist sex offender.

I liked it better two years ago when there were no Met fans, rahter than New Jack Met fans looking for agendas everywhere.

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Glavine should retire after his contract is up . He's not the same pitcher he once was . He's been struggling with adapting to the strike zone of different umpires for the longest time . You have to realize at some point that Ur not going to get the calls you feel you should get from a particular umpire . Glavine hasn't been able to really move on from that . Posted by; "Still Not Amused"

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