Glavine is still looking for 300 victory as pen blew the lead…

Tom Glavine

Tom Glavine was five outs from having a magnificent night, but he suffered what undoubtedly had to be a crushing and heartbreaking collapse from the Mets’ bullpen, a blown bid at immortality that cost him the chance to earn his 300th win and the Mets went on to lose, 4-2 in 13 innings, to the Brewers.
Glavine was superb last night at Miller Park in his first shot at 300. With his family and friends sitting close to the field, he surrendered one run and two hits in six-plus innings. But with the Mets up a run in the eighth and five outs from the end and two outs from Billy Wagner pitching the ninth, the Mets’ bullpen blew Glavine’s chance to make history.
“It was right there for him,” Willie Randolph said. “We couldn’t hold it.”
Glavine’s next shot at 300 will be Sunday night at Wrigley Field because in the eighth last night, Aaron Heilman allowed one base runner, Pedro Feliciano put on another and Guillermo Mota finished it by surrendering a game-tying, history-blowing hit. The Mets eventually lost in the 13th on Geoff Jenkins’ two-run homer against Aaron Sele, but it was Glavine’s near-miss stung the most for his teammates.
Heilman said Glavine threw a a great game and deserved to win.
Last night, Glavine left in the seventh after he allowed his second hit, a leadoff single to Damian Miller. Though Glavine had thrown 95 pitches, Randolph went to the mound and pulled Glavine with the Mets leading 2-1.
“I knew I was near the end of the rope, especially after running the bases,” Glavine said, referring to the top of the inning when he reached on an error.
Though Glavine was on the road, he received a standing ovation as he walked off the mound. He tipped his cap, then got congratulations from his teammates in the dugout.
Glavine couldn’t begin downing champagne yet, with not only nine more outs needed but the potential tying run already on. But Heilman initially came through, getting Tony Graffanino to hit into a double play and getting through the rest of the inning.
Glavine said he thought he had a strong shot at 300 because of the way the game was developing.
But in the eighth, that’s when it became imminent no longer. Nevertheless, it wasn’t just the bullpens’ fault, the Mets’ offense also couldn’t come up with the big hit. The Mets stranded 12 runners and went 4-for-22 with men on base.
With the Mets still leading 2-1 Heilman gave up J.J. Hardy’s leadoff bloop single. One out later, Feliciano came in to face lefty slugger Prince Fielder and hit him with a pitch. Randolph then brought in Mota, and Bill Hall slammed the first pitch to left for a game-tying ground-rule double.
Glavine refused to blame the bullpen and said the relievers have “helped me far more than they hurt me.”
In the fourth, Glavine gave up his only run thanks to a walk, a double and an RBI groundout. He clearly was up to the challenge of bidding for history.
“I guess nerve-wise, adrenaline-wise, it was very similar to a playoff game,” he said of trying to make history