D-backs break skid behind Webby

Of course Brandon Webb would be the man to stop Arizona's 4-game losing streak. And not only with his arm but with his bat as well. Webby threw 96 pitches in six innings, giving up only one run on six hits. Chad Qualls and Jon Rauch then came in and shut the door in the final three. Qualls looked to be back to his April self...going two full innings...that's the Qualls this team absolutely has to have going down the stretch.

So, Webb gets his 17th W of the year - boy it's hard to imagine if he doesn't win the Cy Young.

You could just tell right from the start, that the players looked a bit pissed off and weren't about to lose this game. Well, being swept at home by the Braves in a four-game series would be a disaster. But, they pulled through and did the the job. They did only manage to scratch out six hits in the game, but they were all timely. From Mark Reynolds' two-run double, to Webb's two-run double, and Chris Snyder's solo shot, they certainly made the most of them.

As most have heard by now, Orlando Hudson being done for the year after breaking/dislocating his wrist in Saturday's game is obviously a huge blow to the team. Hudson had surgery that night, and was actually the first of two surgeries needed on the wrist. It really is too bad, because O-dog was having such an impressive year, both at the plate (.305) and in the field with his usual Gold Glove defense. Augie Ojeda will be asked to step in, along with Chris Burke, to fill the void for the remainder of the season. Ojeda of course did the same last year when Hudson went down, but that was only for the last month of the season, not for the last two months. But, I think the Ojeda/Burke combo will do a bang up job out there. Burke for one, certainly has something to prove as he has struggled the entire year at the plate. Maybe this will galvanize him to better things the rest of the way.

With the Dodgers losing again (woohoo Giants), the Diamondbacks get back their 1 1/2 game lead heading into a three-game series with the Rockies at Coors Field tomorrow night. It's quite amazing actually, that they have only not been in the lead of this division for four games the entire season.