Glavine Finally Collects No. 296
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by user Romiezzo
After winning only 4 out of their last 18 games, Tom Glavine and the New York Mets knew that they had to do something in order to stay on top of the division lead, as they took on the the Oakland A's with Tom Glavine searching for his 296th win for his sixth straight start. Glavine needed to bring his "A" games against the "A's" and indeed he did. The final score was 9-1, and they won mainly because of him, due to the fact that the A's had so many errors during that game.
Glavine did it all in this game, as he pitched a gem (1 earned run in 8+ innings), and managed to drive in two runs with two hits that day as well, but he had the misfortune of being thrown out at the plate in the sixth inning after his second hit, a single, had produced the final two runs in a five-run rally that all but determined the outcome. Tom Glavine put the Mets in a frame of mind they have rarely experienced since all of this losing began on June 1.
As Glavine got closer and closer to getting his first win in over a month, Mets fans and players were even happier. It seems like Tom Glavine is a key factor on how the Mets play. Ever since he won that last game in May, it seems like the Mets have been in a downfall. Now that he has won, I guess we'll see if he indeed DOES play a major part on whether the Mets keep their division lead or not.
