Glavine Bids for 296

Tom Glavine will square off against John Smoltz tonight for already the third meeting between the two this season. Smoltz has gotten the better of his former teammate in the first two matchups, although they both pitched brilliantly in the earlier two outings. Glavine goes for his 296th win of his career as Smoltz will be going for his 200th.

Although Tom Glavine will be pitching in search of his 296th career victory (which lands him fifth on the all time list by southpaws), more importance will be placed on winning the series tonight. Until last season, the Mets couldn't buy a win against there division rivals and already this season have been on the short end of the first two series'. A win tonight will place them 3.5 games ahead of Atlanta and more importantly will make the statement that they can beat their long time foes head to head. True, it's only April, but all Met's fans know that we do not want to lose the first three series to the Braves.

Said Glavine about the milestone matchup:

"The friendship enters into it, which is different than other matchups I've had. I know he's going for a big number, but I'm going to try to do everything I can to delay it for five more days."