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Wins duel with Chacon
Tim Tyers
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 13, 2005 12:00 AM
Colorado's Shawn Chacon, making his first start since Aug. 16, 2003, deserved a better fate. But so did the Diamondbacks' Brandon Webb.
The two pitchers did all they could on Tuesday night to provide their team with a victory, but in the end Webb got more support from his defense and bullpen as the Diamondbacks took a 4-2 victory.
"Defense was definitely the savior for me," said Webb, who is now 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA. "I had a real good fastball early, and I pretty much stayed with it. I could put it pretty much where I wanted to, and I got a lot of groundballs tonight."
Chacon allowed a first-inning run on a leadoff double by Craig Counsell and Luis Gonzalez's sacrifice fly, then shut down the Diamondbacks before leaving after six-plus innings and 88 pitches. He allowed six hits.
His undoing came when Quinton McCracken reached against reliever Brian Fuentes on an error by second baseman Aaron Miles to start the eighth. It opened the door to a three-run inning that featured a pinch-hit, run-scoring double by Tony Clark, a run-scoring single by Royce Clayton and another run-scoring double by Gonzalez.
Webb was just as tough, going eight innings, his longest outing since last June in Detroit. He gave up eight hits and two walks while throwing 94 pitches.
The key, Webb said, was making first-pitch strikes and inducing the Rockies to put the ball in play early in the count.
"He probably threw the best I've ever seen him," catcher Chris Snyder said. "What made him so effective was that he was getting strike one. From the first inning through the third he threw nothing but two-seamers (sinking fastballs).
"He usually has high pitch counts, and to see him have 55 pitches going into the seventh inning tells you he was really on."
Webb retired the first nine men he faced and had thrown just 24 pitches entering the fourth. A leadoff double by J.D. Closser and Miles' run-scoring single tied the game in the sixth, and a leadoff double by Todd Helton and Matt Holliday's sacrifice fly in the seventh gave the Rockies a 2-1 lead they lost in the eighth.
Clayton, who drove in the game-winning run, said Webb was a pleasure to watch.
"The most important thing was he didn't go out there and try to be too fine," Clayton said. "He didn't walk many, and that's the key."
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0413dbacksside0413.html
Tim Tyers
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 13, 2005 12:00 AM
Colorado's Shawn Chacon, making his first start since Aug. 16, 2003, deserved a better fate. But so did the Diamondbacks' Brandon Webb.
The two pitchers did all they could on Tuesday night to provide their team with a victory, but in the end Webb got more support from his defense and bullpen as the Diamondbacks took a 4-2 victory.
"Defense was definitely the savior for me," said Webb, who is now 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA. "I had a real good fastball early, and I pretty much stayed with it. I could put it pretty much where I wanted to, and I got a lot of groundballs tonight."
Chacon allowed a first-inning run on a leadoff double by Craig Counsell and Luis Gonzalez's sacrifice fly, then shut down the Diamondbacks before leaving after six-plus innings and 88 pitches. He allowed six hits.
His undoing came when Quinton McCracken reached against reliever Brian Fuentes on an error by second baseman Aaron Miles to start the eighth. It opened the door to a three-run inning that featured a pinch-hit, run-scoring double by Tony Clark, a run-scoring single by Royce Clayton and another run-scoring double by Gonzalez.
Webb was just as tough, going eight innings, his longest outing since last June in Detroit. He gave up eight hits and two walks while throwing 94 pitches.
The key, Webb said, was making first-pitch strikes and inducing the Rockies to put the ball in play early in the count.
"He probably threw the best I've ever seen him," catcher Chris Snyder said. "What made him so effective was that he was getting strike one. From the first inning through the third he threw nothing but two-seamers (sinking fastballs).
"He usually has high pitch counts, and to see him have 55 pitches going into the seventh inning tells you he was really on."
Webb retired the first nine men he faced and had thrown just 24 pitches entering the fourth. A leadoff double by J.D. Closser and Miles' run-scoring single tied the game in the sixth, and a leadoff double by Todd Helton and Matt Holliday's sacrifice fly in the seventh gave the Rockies a 2-1 lead they lost in the eighth.
Clayton, who drove in the game-winning run, said Webb was a pleasure to watch.
"The most important thing was he didn't go out there and try to be too fine," Clayton said. "He didn't walk many, and that's the key."
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/0413dbacksside0413.html
