At Shea Stadium, the Mets continue their strong start to the season with a 4 – 3 victory over Atlanta as Pedro Martinez collects his 200th win with relief help from Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner. Martinez, from the Dominican Republic, improves his record to 200-84 and joins Dennis Martinez of Nicaragua (245-193), Dominican Juan Marichal (243-142) and CubanLuis Tiant (229-172), as the only Hispanic American pitchers to reach the 200-win major league mark.

On April 17, 2006 – – At Shea Stadium, the Mets continue their strong start to the season with a 4 – 3 victory over Atlanta as Pedro Martinez collects his 200th win with relief help from Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner. Martinez, from the Dominican Republic, improves his record to 200-84 and joins Dennis Martinez of Nicaragua (245-193), Dominican Juan Marichal (243-142) and CubanLuis Tiant (229-172), as the only Hispanic American pitchers to reach the 200-win major league mark.

 

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