Webb gem: D-Backs crush Phillies

Eight runs of support is plenty for Brandon Webb. The only drama left to unfold in the ninth inning on Thursday was whether Webb would actually finish what he started.

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The Phillies touched the Arizona right-hander for a pair of runs in the ninth, but he started a game-ending double play immediately after a meeting on the mound with manager Bob Melvin as Arizona won 8-3 at Chase Field.

Melvin told Webb he had one batter left before he got taken out of the game.

“I told him he’s got one here to get two outs,” Melvin said. “If you want to stay out here and go 8 2/3 (innings) that’s fine, but you’d better go out and get a double-play ball if you want to end this game.”

Catcher Chris Snyder was the one who lobbied hard for Webb to stay in the ballgame. Melvin called it begging.

“I don’t know if I was begging,” Snyder said. “I wanted him to get (the complete game). OK, I’ll agree with Bo-Mel. I was begging.”

Webb is now 8-0 with a 2.41 ERA after allowing two earned runs and six hits. He is the first pitcher to win his first eight starts since Jon Garland did so for the Chicago White Sox in 2005, and the first NL pitcher to do so since Pedro Martinez in 1997 with Montreal.

Justin Upton and Chris Young both homered for the D-Backs, who split the four-game set with Philadelphia. Mark Reynolds went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Snyder hit a two-run double.

How the runs scored in Thursday's game between the Phillies and the Diamondbacks:

Phillies first. Victorino infield single to first. Bruntlett grounded out, shortstop Drew to first baseman Burke, Victorino to second. On Snyder's passed ball, Victorino to third. Utley hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Young, Victorino scored. Howard struck out.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 1, Diamondbacks 0.

Diamondbacks first. Byrnes fouled out to first baseman Howard. Ojeda singled to center. Young homered to left on a 1-0 count, Ojeda scored. Upton struck out. Drew flied out to right fielder Jenkins.

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 2, Phillies 1.

Diamondbacks fourth. Upton walked on a full count. Drew walked on a full count, Upton to second. Reynolds infield single to short, Upton to third, Drew to second. Snyder doubled to left, Upton scored, Drew scored, Reynolds to third. Burke infield single to third, Reynolds scored. Webb flied out to right fielder Jenkins. Byrnes safe on fielder's choice and Utley's error, Snyder to third, Burke to second. Ojeda hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victorino, Snyder scored. Young popped out to shortstop Bruntlett.

4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Diamondbacks 6, Phillies 1.

Diamondbacks fifth. Upton struck out. Drew tripled to right. Reynolds singled to center, Drew scored. Snyder popped out to second baseman Utley. Reynolds stole second. Burke was intentionally walked. Webb grounded out, shortstop Bruntlett to first baseman Howard.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Diamondbacks 7, Phillies 1.

Diamondbacks seventh. Upton homered to right on a 1-1 count. Drew grounded out, third baseman Dobbs to first baseman Howard. Reynolds struck out. Snyder struck out.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 8, Phillies 1.

Phillies ninth. Victorino singled to right. Victorino stole second. Bruntlett singled to left, Victorino scored. Ruiz pinch-hitting for Condrey. Ruiz grounded out, third baseman Reynolds to first baseman Burke, Bruntlett to second. Howard singled to right, Bruntlett scored. Jenkins grounded into a double play, pitcher Webb to shortstop Drew to first baseman Burke, Howard out.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Diamondbacks 8, Phillies 3.