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sports.yahoo.com - 9/28/2008

Arizona's Webb fails in bid for 23rd win (AP)

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Brandon Webb wanted one last victory to fortify his NL Cy Young resume. He'll have to settle for 22, tied for the most in the majors. Stephen Drew's two-run single in the eighth inning led the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-4 victory over Colorado on Saturday night, but it came too late to make a winner of Webb.

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