Arizona Diamondbacks News

The big matchup between Big Z and the Big Unit never materialized. Pinch-hitter Daryle Ward delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs rallied again to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Sunday after the anticipated showdown between Carlos Zambrano and Randy Johnson got wiped out.

Arizona Diamondbacks lefthander Randy Johnson was scratched from his start against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday due to a rain delay.

Forget about the big matchup between Big Z and the Big Unit. The Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks held Carlos Zambrano and Randy Johnson out of Sunday’s game because of heavy rain, strong winds and temperatures in the 40s in Chicago. Instead, the Cubs’ Sean Gallagher was to make his first start of the season, with Edgar Gonzalez taking the mound for the Diamondbacks, who were trying to avoid a…

Alfonso Soriano played like his old self Saturday. The Chicago Cubs star had four hits, including a go-ahead double in a six-run seventh inning, and showed some flair on the bases to help the Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2. Kosuke Fukudome’s first homer since opening day capped the seventh-inning rally as the Cubs won their second straight against the team that swept them in the first round…

Ted Lilly kept his glove on his hand this time. Lilly gave up another homer to Chris Young, but instead of throwing a tantrum on the mound the left-hander led the Chicago Cubs over Arizona 3-1 Friday in the first meeting between the teams since the Diamondbacks’ first-round sweep in last year’s playoffs.

Oakland seems to have a knack for letting its superstar pitchers go at exactly the right time … or maybe it’s by design.

Brandon Webb is talking with the Arizona Diamondbacks about a new contract and building his case for more cash at the same time. He became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, tossing his 13th career complete game to help Arizona beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday.

Arizona Diamondbacks righthander Brandon Webb set a club record Thursday by beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-3. One day earlier, San Francisco Giants lefthander Barry Zito continued his historical swoon.

Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Doug Davis said he has been pronounced cancer free after a sophisticated test showed no spread of the disease. Davis said he got the news from surgeon Dr. Bob Evani, who removed the pitcher’s cancerous thyroid gland on April 10. “The cancer did not spread and it will not spread from here on out,” Davis said Thursday.

That new contract in the works for Brandon Webb might have grown a few digits. Webb became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, pitching his 13th career complete game to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday. The 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner struck out four and didn’t walk a batter in his first complete game of the year.