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Webb Continues Streak, 33 Scoreless Innings Pitched
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PHOENIX -- After a tough loss on July 20, Arizona ace Brandon Webb's record sat at .500 and the D-backs looked nothing like a playoff team.
Three weeks later, Webb has not given up a run and Arizona has flipped the switch in the National League West race.
Webb threw his fourth consecutive scoreless appearance, breaking his franchise record with 33 straight scoreless innings, to outduel Washingon's John Lannan, 1-0, Saturday night at Chase Field. Webb yielded five hits and walked his first batter in 18 innings in the seventh.
Webb has performed his magic with the return of his sinker, which he has been throwing more often the past two games. That has led him to lower his pitch count enough to throw back-to-back shutouts, the third time in franchise history a pitcher has accomplished that feat.
"Last two games is as good a sinker as we've seen since he's been here," manager Bob Melvin said. "When you're able to do it in different fashions like he does now, you're a guy who's going to be a perennial Cy Young candidate."
That's exactly the award Webb won last year, helped by a stretch when he threw 30 straight scoreless innings. His current run bests any scoreless streak in baseball this season.
"It's been good having broken last year's streak," Webb said. "I was kind of shooting for that, so I got that in my back pocket, so that was nice to go out there and do that, and to win the game, 1-0, was huge."
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Webb Continues Streak, 33 Scoreless Innings Pitched
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