en the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Colorado Rockies 8-5 Thursday to complete a three-game sweep. Webb (9-0) has won his first nine starts, the most since San Diego's Andy Hawkins won his first 10 in 1985, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Webb has won 11 straight starts dating to last September.
Brandon Lyon pitched out of a base-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth for his 12th save in 14 chances, and his 11th in a row.
Arizona manager Bob Melvin lifted Webb with one out in the eighth after Holliday singled to make it 5-3. He threw 111 pitches and allowed three runs on six hits.
Colorado's Aaron Cook (6-2) was almost as hot as Webb, but lasted only five innings in his shortest outing of the season. He allowed a season-high five runs on 10 hits and four walks.
Nationals 1, Mets 0 At New York, Willie Harris' diving catch in the ninth saved the Nationals, who got a fantastic pitching performance from Jason Bergmann.
Washington won an unlikely duel between Bergmann and Mike Pelfrey, who carried a no-hit bid into the seventh. Harris' bunt set up Felipe Lopez's sacrifice fly in the eighth, helping the Nationals take three of four at Shea Stadium.
Pelfrey (2-4) held Washington hitless until Boone's leadoff single in the seventh. He allowed one run and three hits in 7 2-3 winnings, the longest outing of his career.
But he was outdone by Bergmann (1-1), recalled from Triple-A Columbus before the game. He pitched seven sharp innings, giving up three hits and striking out nine, one shy of his career high. He didn't allow a runner past second.
Dodgers 7, Brewers 2 At Milwaukee, Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent and Gary Bennett homered during a six-run seventh inning, leading Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers past Milwaukee.
After Jones and Kent hit solo shots, Bennett capped the burst with a three-run homer.
Billingsley (3-5) didn't allow a hit until Brewers starter Ben Sheets, a career .078 hitter, singled with two outs in the fifth. Billingsley gave up three hits and struck out five.
Sheets (4-1) allowed six runs off nine hits. He had five strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings to end the first 4-0 start of his career.
Pirates 11, Cardinals 5 At St. Louis, pinch-hitter Jason Bay's three-run homer off Jason Isringhausen snapped an eighth-inning tie and capped Pittsburgh's rally from an early four-run deficit.
Nate McLouth added his 11th homer for the Pirates, who outscored the sagging Cardinals 10-0 the last five innings to take two of three in the series.
Isringhausen (1-5) was demoted from the closer's role last week and was serving as the setup man for Ryan Franklin, but ended up with his sixth blown save in 17 chances.
