NEW YORK, 25 May 2004 — Tom Glavine flirted with perfection Sunday, surrendering one walk and a hit to help the hosts New York Mets thump the Colorado Rockies 4-0 in the National League.

It was a personal best for Glavine (6-2), the first one-hitter of his 18-year career, 16 of them spent with the Atlanta Braves.

No Met has ever tossed a no-hitter, former pitchers Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden having come up marginally short.

Glavine, who went the distance and struck out eight batters, was perfect through six innings. Denny Hocking then drew a walk to start the seventh.

Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks pitched only the 17th perfect game in major league history last Tuesday. Back-up Kit Pellow doubled to deep right with two men gone in the eighth to deny Glavine his no-hitter.

The 1991 and 1998 Cy Young Award winner also plated New York’s fourth run with a sixth-inning single.

Kaz Matsui and Cliff Floyd started the ball rolling, clubbing solo homers off starter and loser Shawn Estes (6-3), the former Met, in New York’s first at-bats. It was Matsui’s club record fifth leadoff home run of the season.

In Miami, Randy Johnson (5-4) stretched his string of consecutive batters set down to a near-record 39 as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Florida Marlins 4-3. Jim Barr retired 41 straight for San Francisco in 1972.

Johnson scattered four hits while striking out five batters over seven innings. Steve Finley’s run-scoring single capped off a four-run Arizona fifth.

In Atlanta, Mike Hampton (1-5) worked six scoreless innings for his first win of the season to guide the Braves to a 5-1 pounding of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Hampton also homered to deep left in the fourth to plate a run. Chipper Jones added two more with a fifth-inning shot.

In Cincinnati, the Reds won their eighth game in nine outings, crushing the Astros 7-0 to hand Houston its fourth straight loss. Cory Lidle (3-4) went all the way, scattering six hits, for his third career shutout. Javier Valentin and Sean Casey recorded solo homers and Ken Griffey Jr added a two-run shot.

In Pittsburgh, Keith Ginter’s solo home run with the Brewers down to their last out in the ninth inning lifted Milwaukee to a 2-1 win over the Pirates, who are now 6-13 at home. Ginter’s blast was served up by reliever Brian Meadows (2-1). The victory went to Luis Vizcaino (1-2), the third of four Milwaukee pitchers.

In Philadelphia, Todd Pratt’s two-run single in the eighth inning plated the deciding runs as the Phillies outlasted the San Diego Padres 6-4. Vincente Padilla (4-4) scattered eight hits over six innings, striking out five batters, for the victory.

In Chicago, Aramis Ramirez’s first-inning homer with two men aboard put the Cubs on course for a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Matt Clement (6-3) worked seven innings, scattering three hits, two of them homers, to earn the victory. Joe Borowski closed out for his eighth save of the season.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the game between the San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos was postponed because of rain. No make-up day was announced.