May 08, 2008
Eight for Eight
Brandon Webb defeats the Phillies easily 7-3. He pitches all nine innings, although he tired in the ninth and allowed two runs, the only earned runs of the game for him. He did not issue a walk while striking out four. He's now allowed 56 runners (hits+bb+hpb) in 56 innings, and with all the hits going for singles today, only eight of the 40 hits resulted in extra bases.
Even if he doesn't win another game in May, he'll only have to average three wins over the last four months of the season to win 20.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Think we could be watching the first 25 game winner since Welch in '90?
Webb's stats are incredible.
Welch had 33 decisions in 35 starts in 1990; obviously, having the awesome Oakland offense combined with Eckersley's greatest season behind him helped a lot with that. On the other hand, Webb is a better pitcher than Welch was, and the D-Backs looks impressive offensively. If he manages to start out something like 13-1 in his first fifteen starts, we'll start to hear whispers about him winning thirty games. It won't happen, but it will create a stir for a while.
Brandon Lyon's not quite Eck and I don't think the rest of the Dbacks are as good as the A's. Maybe we should wait till the summer to see if he's going to win 20 - or even more.