Article: Brandon Webb outpitches Peavy as D-backs win again

Brandon Webb had a pretty good idea what to expect when the Arizona Diamondbacks faced Jake Peavy and the San Diego Padres.

A couple runs might be all it would take.

"I knew there was not going to be a lot of room for error," Webb said, "so it makes you focus in even that much more."

Chris Snyder came through for the dominant Arizona right-hander, overcoming the flu that had sidelined him a day earlier to hit a two-run homer off Peavy in a 2-1 victory on Sunday.

Snyder caught the entire game in unseasonably high 91-degree heat, the hottest game in San Diego in 2 1/2 years. He spent all of Saturday's game in the clubhouse, alternating between getting ...

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