Smoltz enters exclusive 3,000 K-Zone
Published 4/22/2008 by Mark Bowman at Major League Baseball News
With his third-inning strikeout of Felipe Lopez, John Smoltz became the 16th pitcher in Major League history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
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