Phillies begin three-game set in Arizona
Webb is 8-0 with a 2.01 earned run average through 12 starts this season. He hasn't allowed a run in 25 innings, and the last time an opponent scored a run against him was during the sixth inning on May 15 versus San Diego.
The right-hander last pitched on May 31 against Pedro Martinez and the New York Mets. Webb did not factor in the decision and pitched seven scoreless innings of four-hit ball.
In six career starts against Philadelphia, Webb owns a 2-2 mark with a 3.68 ERA over 36 2/3 innings. He also is 4-0 with a shutout and a 2.33 ERA at home this season.
The NL West-leading Diamondbacks posted a 9-3 win on Sunday against the Braves to notch their first ever four-game sweep of Atlanta. Tony Clark went 4-for-5 with a pair of solo home runs and three runs scored, while Damion Easley added a three-run homer -- giving him four home runs in his last two games.
The Diamondbacks, who swept a double header on Saturday, are now 2 1/2 games ahead of Los Angeles in the NL West. Miguel Batista allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. He walked two and struck out five to win his third straight start.
Arizona will begin a 10-game homestand on Monday and is 17-9 at Chase Field this season.
Meanwhile, the Phillies will resume their 11-game road trip tonight and are 2-2 so far on the swing. They posted a 6-4 triumph in Sunday's finale of a four-game set at Dodger Stadium.
Chase Utley went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in and two runs scored and starter Brett Myers allowed three runs on seven hits in a span of 6 2/3 innings, but did not figure in the decision.
Reliever Geoff Geary got the final out in the seventh to earn the win. Ryan Howard, David Dellucci and David Bell each knocked in a run for the Phillies, who have won five of their last eight contests and are 13-11 away from the City of Brotherly Love in 2006.
The Phillies are 4 1/2 games behind the Mets in the National League East division and will send veteran Cory Lidle to the hill Monday versus Arizona.
Lidle is 1-2 in his last five starts and was dealt the loss in the last trip to the mound on May 31 against Washington, yielding three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.
The right-hander has faced the Diamondbacks once in his career and was blasted for seven runs -- six earned -- on eight hits in just three innings of work on June 6, 2005 at Citizens Bank Park.
Monday's game between Arizona and Philly is the first of the 2006 season. The Phillies went 4-3 in the 2005 season series after going 5-1 in 2004.
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