Webb's MLB-high 10th win a shutout

Diamondbacks SP Brandon Webb gave up a season-high 10 hits in his shortest start since 2006 on Monday at Atlanta, losing for the second straight start after beginning the year 9-0. "I just wasn't sharp," Webb said. "I started off, and everything they hit seemed to find holes. I wasn't working ahead and didn't have a real good fastball. My velocity was down. I got a lot of strikeouts, but it didn't seem like I could ever make the big pitch when it counted." Webb allowed seven runs -- four earned. He walked three and struck out eight.

After beating Arizona ace Brandon Webb in his previous outing, Ricky Nolasco (4-3) won his third decision in a row during Monday's 7-3 win against the Mets. He allowed three runs and nine hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out one. Nolasco got off to a bumpy start as Jose B. Reyes hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first to cut the lead to 2-1. The first four batters would reach base before Carlos Delgado's sac fly with the bases loaded. Nolasco then allowed Reyes to homer again in the second before pitching three scoreless innings.

D'Backs' Webb drops to 9-2

Diasuke Matsuzaka remained unbeaten, and the Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of their seven-game homestand with an 11-8 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Matsuzaka (8-0) gave up three runs on six hits, walked six, struck out seven and threw two wild pitches while becoming the AL's first eight-game winner. Arizona's Brandon Webb has nine wins.

The surprising Florida Marlins used a brazen bunt to help end Brandon Webb's winning streak. Florida scored its first run on a suicide squeeze, and Ricky Nolasco yielded just three hits over seven innings to beat Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Wednesday night. Stephen Drew hit his sixth homer for the Diamondbacks, but that's all the offense they could muster against Nolasco (3-3). Nolasco walked two and struck out seven. It was his second win in three starts.

The surprising Florida Marlins used a brazen bunt to help end Brandon Webb's winning streak. Florida scored its first run on a suicide squeeze, and Ricky Nolasco yielded just three hits over seven innings to beat Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Wednesday night. Webb (9-1) was bidding to become only the third pitcher since World War I to win his first 10 starts. Instead, he left for a pinch hitter after yielding six hits and three runs in seven innings. Matt Treanor bunted in a run for a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning, and Cody Ross followed with a homer. Webb retired the first 11 batters and took a 1-0 lead into the fifth before the Marlins took the lead. Luis E. Gonzalez tripled with one out, then took off on a 1-0 pitch as Treanor bunted up the first-base line. Gonzalez scored standing up and Treanor was tagged out.

Webb denied shot at tenth win

Webb earns ninth win against Rockies

Diamondbacks SP Brandon Webb became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, pitching his 13th career complete game for the victory against the Phillies on Thursday. The 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner struck out four and didn't walk a batter in his first complete game of the year. He hit one batter and allowed six hits and three runs -- two earned. "I felt early on I had good stuff, even in the pen," Webb said. "My arm felt great, the best it's probably felt in three games."

Webb improves to 8-0 with complete-game win

D'Backs, Webb working on new deal

Diamondbacks SP Brandon Webb didn't have his best stuff Saturday against the Mets. He didn't need it. On the day he was selected NL pitcher of the month for April, Webb went six innings, allowing a season-high four runs. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out three, earning his seventh win. Webb said he lacked his best stuff, but it was enough to keep the Mets in check. New York put five runners on in the first three innings but managed to push only one across. "He's one of the best pitchers in baseball, and you've got to try and jump on him when you can," New York manager Willie Randolph said. "We had some opportunities early and let them slip away, and when you do that, you have a chance to lose the game."

Webb picks up league-leading seventh win