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PHOENIX – Brandon Webb became the majors’ first seven-game winner, Augie Ojeda drove in a career-high six runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Mets 10-4 on Saturday.

Webb (7-0) matched Randy Johnson in 2000 for the fastest start by a Diamondbacks pitcher.

On the day he was selected NL pitcher of the month for April, Webb went six innings, allowing a season-high four runs. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out three.

Webb was sailing along with a 5-1 lead when Ryan Church singled and Carlos Beltran walked in the sixth. With two out, Carlos Delgado hit a 1-1 delivery deep into the right-field seats to cut Arizona’s lead to 5-4.

The Diamondbacks responded with five runs in the eighth against Duaner Sanchez.

Mike Pelfrey (2-2) gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings with four walks and a strikeout.

Cubs 9, Cardinals 3

ST. LOUIS – Ted Lilly worked seven solid innings, recorded his 1,000th strikeout and added his second career extra-base hit, leading Chicago over St. Louis.

Mike Fontenot hit a three-run homer and had a career-best four RBIs for Chicago, which finished with 12 hits and won for only the third time in nine games. Geovany Soto had a two-run double in a six-run fourth.

Kyle Lohse (3-1) faced 10 batters in the fourth and allowed eight runs overall in six-plus innings, entering the game with a 2.36 ERA and exiting at 3.79.

Albert Pujols hit his sixth homer for St. Louis and has reached base in all 31 games, two shy of his career-best start in 2005. Yadier Molina also went deep.

Lilly (2-4) hit a season best for innings, allowing three runs and six hits. He is 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA in his last three starts, recovering from an 0-3 record and 9.16 ERA his first four outings.

Nationals 9, Pirates 8

WASHINGTON – Cristian Guzman tied a career high with six RBIs, including a tiebreaking three-run double in the sixth inning, and Washington held off Pittsburgh.

Guzman went 4-for-5 and scored two runs for the Nationals, who have won five of six. He also had six RBIs on June 24, 2001, for Minnesota at Detroit.

Guzman got Washington off to a fast start with a two-run homer off Paul Maholm (2-3) in the first inning. Jose Bautista homered and drove in three runs for the Pirates. He has three homers and seven RBIs in the last two games.

Jesus Colome (1-1) got five outs and Jon Rauch worked the ninth for his seventh save in nine opportunities.

Maholm, who pitched a two-hitter in his last start April 27, gave up seven runs and 10 hits in five-plus innings.

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