The Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Florida Marlins by the score of 3-2 as the two division leaders battled on Tuesday night.  The Diamondacks just didn’t get the big hit that they needed to late in the ball game.

Micah Owings dropped to 5-2 on the season as he took the loss.  Owings didn’t pitch too badly but he did give up seven hits and three runs through seven innings of action.  Tony Pena pitched a scoreless eighth innign in relief of Owings.

Conor Jackson had a sac fly and Chris Snyder had a solo home run for the Diamondbacks runs.  No other batter stepped up in the game to provide the big hit late in the game.

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Brandon Webb is on fire!  Webb is now 9-0 after beating the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night.  Webb gave up six hits and three runs over 7 1/3 innings but it was good enough to still get the victory as the Diamondbacks won 8-5.

Doug Slaten, Chad Qualls, Brandon Medders, and Brandon Lyon all pitched in relief of Webb.  Medders had some trouble as he gave up two runs, but then Lyon came in to get the save.  Lyon is now up to 12 saves on the season.

Chris Snyder had the big hit for the Diamondbacks as he hit a three run home run in the fifth inning.  Snyder led the D-backs with three rbi in the game.  Orlando Hudson and Justin Upton both had two rbi.  Stephen Drew made the rbi column as well as he had one rbi.

The Diamondbacks are now 26-15 in the season as they are playing really good baseball.  They will try to continue playing good this weekend as they play the struggling Detroit Tigers.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks finished off the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday afternoon as they beat the Phillies two out of three games in their three game series.

Brandon Webb improved to 8-0 on the season as he tossed a complete game.  Webb allowed six hits and three runs in the game.  He was cruising along until the ninth inning when he gave up two runs to the Phillies.  Webb still has a 2.41 era after giving up the three runs though.

Chris Young and Justin Upton both hit home runs for the Diamondbacks.

Chris Snyder had two rbi in the game as did young.  Augie Ojeda, Mark Reynolds, Chris Burke, and Upton all had one rbi each in the game.

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Max Scherzer didn’t have the outing that he was hoping for as he was roughed up for five runs in only four innings of action.  Only two of the five runs were earned however.  Scherzer was filling in for Doug Davis who is expected to be back in the next week or so.  This could have been Scherzer’s only start since Davis will soon be back.

Scherzer wasn’t the only Diamondbacks pitcher to struggle as Edgar Gonzalez gave up four runs, Brandon Medders and Doug Slaten gave up a run each as well.

Chris Snyder and Stephen Drew were the only Diamondback players to record an RBI in the game.  Snyder hit a solo home run in the seventh inning and Drew had a RBI triple in the second inning.

The Diamondbacks are still playing good baseball, and I look for them to bounce back and beat the Phillies on Tuesday.

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Dan Haren tossed 7.2 innnings as he picked up his fourth win of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 5-3.  Haren only gave up five hits and three earned runs in his seven plus innings of action.

Chad Qualls and Brandon Lyon closed out the Astros after Haren exited the game.  Lyon picked up the save which was his eighth of the season.

Mark Reynolds collected two RBI in the game to lead the Diamondbacks.  Reynolds had a two-rbi double in the fourth inning.  Conor Jackson, Chris Snyder, and Haren all had one RBI each for the Diamondbacks as well.

The Diamondbacks are now a league best 19-7 on the season as they continue to play very good baseball.

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Brandon Webb faced the San Francisco Giants once again, and again the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Giants and Webb picked up the victory.  Webb beat Barry Zito once again and improved his record to 5-0 on the season.  The Diamondbacks and Webb sure are off to a hot start.

Webb tossed six innings and gave up nine hits and three earned runs.  He did strikeout seven batters while walking two.

Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon all pitched one inning in relief.  Lyon picked up the save which was is fifth of the season.

Chris Snyder and Webb both had two RBI for the D-backs.  Eric Byrnes also had one RBI.

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