Diamondbacks 5 - 1 Mets
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Webb hopes to lead Diamondbacks to eighth straight win

Jun 1, 2007 - 3:14 PM Arizona (32-23) at NY Mets (34-18) 7:10 pm EDT

FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- While pitching has contributed to their recent success, the Arizona Diamondbacks' offense has been scorching.

The Diamondbacks look for their eighth straight win when they start a three-game weekend series with the New York Mets on Friday at Shea Stadium.

Arizona, which is trying to win eight consecutive contests for the first time since a 12-game run from June 18-30, 2003, has benefited from an offense that has scored five or more runs in six of the seven games in the streak.

Diamondbacks starter Brandon Webb (4-3, 3.74 ERA) will look for that kind of continued run support as well as try to continue the stellar pitching the Arizona staff put together during the run.

The ace righthander has led a staff which has recorded a 1.65 ERA during the winning streak. In his last outing, the former Cy Young Award winner went seven innings, allowing two runs and seven hits with eight strikeouts in a 5-4 win over Houston on Saturday.

However, Webb is 1-6 in eight lifetime starts against the Mets despite a 2.59 ERA in those outings.

John Maine (6-2, 2.79), whose ERA ranks seventh in the NL, takes the mound for New York. In Saturday's 7-2 win over Florida, he yielded two runs and four hits with eight strikeouts - tying a season high - over six frames.

The righthander won his only career start against Arizona, lasting six innings and allowing one run with seven strikeouts.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 9 1
    NY METS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ARI - BRANDON WEBB, BRANDON LYON (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER
    NYM - JOHN MAINE, GUILLERMO MOTA (7TH), AARON HEILMAN
    (9TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA

    HOME RUNS: ARI - CHRIS SNYDER

    Jun 1 9:43 PM


  • NL
    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RUBEN GOTAY SCORED DAVID NEWHAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R GOTAY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
    NY METS 1 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.315, 2-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. MetsJun 1 9:24 PM


  • NL
    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY STEPHEN DREW (2) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 8TH OFF GUILLERMO MOTA SCORED ORLANDO HUDSON AND MARK
    REYNOLDS.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5, NY METS 0
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.272, 0-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. MetsJun 1 9:13 PM


  • NL
    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CHRIS SNYDER (4) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF JOHN MAINE SCORED CARLOS QUENTIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2, NY METS 0
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: B WEBB (.037, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. MetsJun 1 8:14 PM

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