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Webb looks to one-up Peavy as Diamondbacks face Padres

Aug 28, 2007 - 1:30 PM Arizona (74-58) at San Diego (71-59) 10:05 pm EDT

SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Jake Peavy strengthened his case for the National League Cy Young Award on Monday, but Brandon Webb isn't ready to give up the crown.

Webb takes the mound as the Arizona Diamondbacks continue their four-game series with San Diego Padres on Tuesday.

Peavy threw seven dominating innings and Geoff Blum hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh as the Padres posted a 3-1 win on Monday to pull within two games of Arizona in the NL West. Peavy tied Atlanta's Tim Hudson for the league lead in wins at 15, and leads the league in strikeouts with 197.

Webb (14-8, 2.63 ERA), who can tie Peavy and Tim Hudson for the lead in wins, is gunning for his second straight Cy Young Award.

The righthander saw his scoreless innings streak snapped at 42 1/3 on Wednesday in a 3-2 win over Milwaukee. Webb, who had thrown three straight shutouts, allowed an RBI single to Prince Fielder in the first inning. He allowed just two runs and five hits in seven innings to post his sixth straight win.

Justin Germano (6-7, 4.24) takes the mound for San Diego, which leads Philadelphia by three games in the wild card race. Germano, who is winless in his last seven starts, yielded four runs - three earned - and five hits in five innings, but did not factor in the decision in a 9-8 win over New York on Wednesday.