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Webb goes for win No. 20 as Diamondbacks face Padres

Aug 26, 2008 - 2:42 PM Arizona (68-63) at San Diego (49-82), 10:05 pm EDT

SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett is baseball's lone 20-game winner since 2005, but may get bounced from that title on Tuesday.

Brandon Webb takes the mound looking to notch win No. 20 as the Arizona Diamondbacks continue a three-game series against the San Diego Padres.

Webb (19-4, 2.74 ERA) has rattled off six straight victories and has a shot at reaching 20 wins before the end of August - a feat which hasn't happened since Curt Schilling did it in his 23-win campaign with the Diamondbacks in 2002.

Randy Johnson recorded 24 in 2002, marking the most in Arizona's history.

Four pitchers are on pace to win at least 20 this season - Webb, Cliff Lee (18-2) of the Cleveland Indians, A.J. Burnett (16-9) of the Toronto Blue Jays and Mike Mussina (16-7) of the New York Yankees. Nine others have at least 14 victories.

Webb has held opponents to two runs or less in nine of his last 10 outings and is coming off a win over the Padres on Thursday, when he tossed seven scoreless innings and allowed three hits while striking out eight.

The Padres counter with Chad Reinke (1-1, 4.91), who was tagged for three runs and five hits in six innings on Thursday, when the Diamondbacks took a 4-1 decision.

Jody Gerut belted a game-winning, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Padres snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory in the opener.