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Webb, Diamondbacks look to start new streak

Sep 12, 2007 - 2:00 PM Arizona (82-64) at San Francisco (66-79) 10:15 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - Reigning Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb will try and help the Arizona Diamondbacks take the rubber game of a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

The Diamondbacks saw their season-high six-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday, as Dan Ortmeier tripled in the eighth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Pedro Feliz in a 2-1 win.

Arizona, which leads the San Diego Padres (78-65) by 2 1/2 games in the National League West, turns to its ace to start a new winning streak.

Webb (15-10, 2.91 ERA), who has a shot at winning consecutive Cy Young Awards, snapped a personal two-game skid by limiting the St. Louis Cardinals to two runs and four hits in six innings on Friday.

Meanwhile, San Francisco is in last place in the NL West, but has a stable of talented young pitchers. One of them is Jonathan Sanchez (1-3, 5.06), who has made just six career starts, but was impressive on Friday.

In his second start of the season, the 24-year-old lefthander held the Los Angeles Dodgers to three runs and seven hits in a career-high seven innings, but did not factor into the decision in a 5-4 win.