Yu Darvish became the second Japanese pitcher after Hideo Nomo with 100 MLB wins Friday despite a less-than-stellar effort in the San Diego Padres' 9-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The Padres spotted Darvish (5-4) an early 6-0 lead at Coors Field, and the right-hander allowed four runs on five hits and four walks over 5⅓ innings while striking out six.
Darvish expressed appreciation for those who made his milestone possible.
"I piled these (wins up) along with many teammates on a number of teams," he said. "I'm deeply grateful to them."
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer in San Diego's three-run first, while Trent Grisham and Gary Sanchez each hit solo shots in the three-run second.
Fernando Tatis Jr.'s sixth-inning homer sent Darvish into the bottom of the inning with an 8-1 lead, but three hits by the first four Rockies batters made it 8-2 and spelled the end of his start.
"My pitches were actually fine," Darvish said. "I left the mound with two on, but I wanted to get out of the inning."
The 36-year-old Darvish is now 100-79 in his MLB career and with 93 wins in Nippon Professional Baseball, he is now seven shy of Japan's iconic 200 career wins milestone.