Maddux King

Greg Maddux (1-1) and Roger Clemens each did their jobs, posting quality if not overwhelming starts in just the fifth matchup of 300-game winners since 1900 and the first in the National League since 1892. Maddux went six innings, allowing two runs and seven hits while improving to 306-175. Clemens went seven innings, allowing a season-high three runs and seven hits as he fell to 329-165. By the time it was decided Friday, it was as if house painters were called in to finish the Sistine Chapel. Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens, two artists who have combined for 635 career victories, could only sit and watch as their fate rested in the hands of the likes of relievers Russ Springer, Dan Wheeler, Will Ohman, Roberto Novoa and LaTroy Hawkins. Hawkins pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save of the season as the Cubs moved two games over .500 for the first time with a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros before a sellout crowd of 41,232 at Minute Maid Park. Jeromy Burnitz snapped a 2-2 tie with a leadoff home run in the seventh inning off Clemens (1-1).The Astros have lost six in a row. Burnitz had three hits and two RBIs. History in the making.

from article By Bob Foltman Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published April 30, 2005

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