More on 4-1 D-backs win

The Eric Byrnes porn stache watch is now at 12 games....Byrnes went 1-for-4 with an RBI double in the fifth to center field that bounced over the wall.

I said it before, but Webb was brilliant out there today...now granted...it was the Giants, but allowing only one earned run in eight innings brought down his season ERA to 1.86. Webb says that the Giants hitters were aggressive out there:

"I was able to locate pretty well on the fastball," Webb said. "I threw some good offspeed pitches, some good curveballs. They were really aggressive today."

Webb had 104 pitches after eight innings, and I thought BoMel was going to run him out there again in the ninth to try to get the complete game...but he figured it was Lyon's turn.

"Really, he had the pitch count to where we could have potentially let him go out for the ninth," D-backs manager Bob Melvin said. "But [closer Brandon] Lyon's got a job to do, too. It was good to get him eight and good to get Lyon a clean ninth."

David Pinto over at Baseball Musings says Webb has a decent chance to win 25 games this year....

The way Brandon Webb is pitching, and the way the Diamondbacks are generating offense, you wonder if he has a chance at 25. Webb defeated the Giants 4-1 today, driving in two runs himself. That lowered his ERA to 1.86 and his batting average allowed to .147. You need the combination of a great pitcher on a high scoring team to have a shot at this, and right now this looks like it.

He could be right...I'd settle for Webb and Haren both getting right around 20...just like the "old" days with Johnson and Schilling.

Well deserved off day for the team tomorrow...then it's time to bang some heads with the second place Padres on Friday for the first game of the three-game series. The second in the 1-2-3 punch, Mr. Haren will go on Friday against the Friars' Chris Young.