Webb helps D-backs extend NL West lead, down Cards

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09/08/2007 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Webb ended a personal two-start losing streak, allowing four hits over six solid innings, and the Arizona Diamondbacks began a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Chase Field with a 4-2 victory.

In the NL West standings, the Diamondbacks are now two games ahead of San Diego, which fell to Colorado, 10-4, on Friday. St. Louis is one game back of Chicago and Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Webb (15-10), whose two-start skid saw him allow 10 runs over 12 1/3 innings, struck out five batters and walked four en route to the win. Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 43rd save in 50 chances this season.

Tony Clark homered for the Diamondbacks, who earlier in the week won two of three over the Padres. Second baseman Orlando Hudson sat out with a sprained left thumb, and was replaced by Augie Ojeda, who singled and scored a run in the win.

Jim Edmonds homered for the Cardinals, who entered this series on a winning note after pounding the Pirates, 16-4, in a rain-interrupted finale of a four- game series at Busch Stadium on Thursday. Aaron Miles and Albert Pujols both had a pair of hits.

Rick Ankiel, who prior to the game was reported to have received shipments of human growth hormone from a Florida pharmacy in 2004, finished 1-for-4 in the loss.

Adam Wainwright (13-10), trying to win his fourth straight decision, instead allowed three runs - two earned - on six hits with a strikeout and two walks over six innings to absorb the loss for St. Louis.

Trailing by a run, Arizona grabbed a 3-2 lead with a two-spot in the sixth. Jeff Salazar led off with a walk and scored on Eric Byrnes' double. Mark Reynolds singled two batters later, and Chris Young's forceout allowed Byrnes to score as Miles botched a routine double play with shoddy footwork that prevented his making the throw to first.

The D-backs added an insurance run in the eighth off reliever Ryan Franklin, who surrendered a solo shot to Clark on a full count.

Arizona plated a run in the second, as Ojeda lined a single and scored as Webb reached second on a throwing error by Russell Branyan.

St. Louis tied the score in the fourth on Edmonds' solo shot to left field on an 0-1 pitch.

The Cards edged a 2-1 lead in the fifth, as Miles bunted his way to first, reached second on David Eckstein's sacrifice bunt and third on Ankiel's groundout before scoring on a Pujols single.

St. Louis had runners at the corners in the eighth, but Yadier Molina grounded out to end the inning.

Game Notes

According to the New York Daily News, Ankiel received eight shipments of HGH from Signature Pharmacy in Orlando from January to December 2004. The Orlando pharmacy is the center of the investigation of illegal Internet prescription drug sales by the Albany, New York district attorney's office... The Diamondbacks signed pitcher Bob Wickman and designated pitcher Enrique Gonzalez for assignment prior to the game...The Cardinals won three of four against the Diamondbacks when the clubs met in St. Louis in early July. Arizona won four of seven versus the club last year.

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