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Friday, May 26 10:05pm ET
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Randy Johnson snapped a string of three disappointing performances by pitching seven scoreless innings in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 9-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. Johnson (8-1), who had two no-decisions and a loss in three starts since beating San Diego on May 5, also went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Johnson and teammate Todd Stottlemyre as the only eight-game winners in the NL. Johnson allowed three hits and struck out eight, just the second time in 11 starts that he didn't react double figures in strikeouts. The left-hander leads the majors with 121 strikeouts in 88 innings and his 2,814 career Ks are five shy of Cy Young for 14th place. In his previous start, Johnson gave up eight hits -- all for extra bases -- as he got a no-decision in Arizona's 7-6 loss to the Mets. His ERA, which was 0.97 before the loss to New York, fell from 1.44 to an NL-leading 1.33 with this start. Manager Buck Showalter pulled Johnson after seven innings, depriving him of his sixth complete game this season. The Arizona ace threw just 83 pitches in one of his easiest starts. Kelly Stinnett tied his career high with four RBIs -- all in the first three innings as the Diamondbacks built an 8-0 lead. Tony Womack went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, longest in the majors this season. The Diamondbacks won their franchise-record 10th straight home game and fourth straight overall. Johnson walked Ron Belliard to start the fourth inning, but did not give up a hit until Lyle Mouton sent a sharp grounder between first and second with one out in the fifth. Rookie reliever Hector Ramirez, who came on for starter John Snyder (0-1) to start the fourth, got his first major league hit in the sixth with a bloop single, and James Mouton beat out a bunt single in the seventh. The Diamondbacks scored six runs in the first inning after two were out. Snyder walked four of the first six batters, issuing an intentional walk to Erubiel Durazo after nearly hitting him with a wild pitch that allowed Jay Bell to score from third. That loaded the bases for Turner Ward, who was called up from Triple-A Tucson earlier in the day. Ward beat out an RBI infield hit with a headfirst slide to make it 2-0. Stinnett followed with a two-run single, and Johnson and Womack added run-scoring singles. Stinnett hit a two-run homer in the third, and Bell hit an RBI single in the sixth. Mark Loretta had an RBI single off Greg Swindell in the eighth for Milwaukee. Game notesBrewers OF Geoff Jenkins, expected to come off the DL this weekend, will be out at least three more games. Jenkins broke the middle finger of his right hand while batting May 5. ... The Diamondbacks placed OF Travis Lee on the DL because of a groin strain he experienced Wednesday. ... In the last two games of a sweep of Pittsburgh, the Diamondbacks went homerless for the first time since a two-game outage against San Diego last Oct. 1-2. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Milwaukee Clubhouse Arizona Clubhouse RECAPS Baltimore 8 Oakland 3
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