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Young and Diamondbacks aim for sweep of Dodgers

Sep 23, 2007 - 2:32 PM LA Dodgers (79-75) at Arizona (87-67) 4:40 pm EDT

PHOENIX (Ticker) - The Arizona Diamondbacks are getting closer to clinching the National League West, while the Los Angeles Dodgers are just looking for a win.

Rookie Chris Young and the Diamondbacks aim for a three-game sweep of the Dodgers in Sunday's series finale.

Young hit a leadoff homer and Brandon Webb threw 6 1/3 effective innings as the Diamondbacks won their fourth straight contest, 7-4, on Saturday.

Arizona, which leads the San Diego Padres (85-69) by 2 1/2 games in the NL West, reduced its magic number to six.

Edgar Gonzalez (8-2, 4.61 ERA) hopes to lower that number even more. Gonzalez has been back-and-forth between the bullpen and rotation most of the year. He has been better as a starter, posting a 3.90 ERA as opposed to a 5.58 as a reliever. The righthander has allowed one run in his last 11 innings as a starter.

The 24-year-old is 1-1 with a 6.46 ERA in three starts against the Dodgers this season.

Los Angeles, which has lost a season-high seven straight games, counters with Chad Billingsley (11-5, 3.15). Billingsley had been unbeaten in his last five starts before allowing two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 3-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.