Mets pitcher Tom Glavine needs one strikeout to move into 48th place alone all time. Even then, he’s not even halfway to No. 1 Nolan Ryan (5,714).
46. Jim Palmer 2.212
47. Grover Alexander 2,198
t48. Vida Blue 2,175
t48. Tom Glavine 2,175
50. Mike Mussina 2169
Lefty win-y
The Expos are 1-10 in their last 11 games against right-handed starting pitchers but had won three in a row against left-handers headed into Wednesday night’s game. Sure enough, they pounded out a season-high 17 hits and beat lefty Mike Hampton and the Braves.
Son of Sox
Tim Raines Jr., son of the former Sox outfielder, returned from Triple-A Ottawa to join the Orioles and fill in for the injured Jay Gibbons. He joins Jerry Hairston, son of former Sox infielder Jerry Hairston.
2:50
The Sox-Athletics game last 2 hours 50 minutes even though Wednesday’s starters, White Sox LHP Mark Buehrle and A’s LHP Mark Mulder, had pitched against each other three times last season in the three quickest games of 2003 (1:49, 1:53, and 1:54).
