Diamondbacks' Webb gets win No.7
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brandon Webb earned his Major League-leading seventh win of the season by pitching the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-4 home win over the New York Mets on Saturday.
Augie Ojeda drove in a career-high six runs for the Diamondbacks, who have MLB's best record at 21-9.
Ojeda only got the start because regular second baseman Orlando Hudson was injured.
"It's the toughest thing in baseball, I think," Ojeda told reporters when asked about his role as a bench player.
"Your timing is not there. You can hit in the cages, work every day on your swing, but it's not the same as actually seeing a guy throw 94-95 (mph), split-fingers and all that stuff."
Webb said Ojeda was the difference in the game.
"Six RBIs, that's incredible for anybody," Webb (7-0) told reporters. "And for him not to have as many at-bats as what most of the hitters do, it's incredible what he did."
Webb matched Randy Johnson for the best start by a Diamondbacks pitcher. Johnson opened at 7-0 in 2000.
After Ojeda's two-run double in the fifth put Arizona up 5-1 Carlos Delgado smacked a three-run homer in the next inning to get New York back in the game. Continued...



