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PHOENIX (AP) – Curt Schilling had good command, and the
strikeouts kept piling up. It was only when he finished that he
realized what a slugfest he was in.
|  | | Curt Schilling's 50 strikeouts is best in the majors, ahead of teammate Randy Johnson's 48. |
"I had probably as good of stuff as I've had physically all
season," the right-hander said after fanning 12 in a 10-7 victory
over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. "I felt fantastic,
but every mistake I made got hammered. The offense was huge."
Schilling (3-0) took over the major league strikeout lead,
finishing with 50 strikeouts to teammate Randy Johnson's 48 on the
season. It was his 53rd career game with double-digit strikeouts
and third this year.
But he also gave up 13 hits and seven runs in seven-plus innings
in front of 23,097 fans -- the smallest crowd in Bank One Ballpark
history.
"I've never seen a guy pitch seven innings, give up 13 hits and
strike out 12," Mark Grace said. "It was a very strange outing. I
thought he had good stuff, I really did. But that's a young,
aggressive team over there, and they're flat-out swinging. When
they hit it, they hit it hard."
Manager Bob Brenly thought it was time for a turnabout,
especially given considering that Schilling came without two outs
of a complete-game win last week but finished with a no-decision.
"Curt has bailed out the offense many time," Brenly said.
"When we weren't able to score runs, he's gone out there and put
up zeros when we need him to. So I guess that nifty 13-hitter will
work."
Schilling, who had two no-decisions since his last victory April
10 over Los Angeles, was pulled after giving up a double to Mike
Lowell and a two-run homer to Charles Johnson to lead off the
eighth.
Bret Prinz pitched the ninth for his first career save as the
Diamondbacks swept a series for the first time this season. They
had won the first two games of previous series with St. Louis and
Colorado, but weren't able to close those out.
"When it's a kind of rollercoaster-type game, some of those you
really want to close the door and win," said Charles Johnson, who
had six hits over the last two games. "But it's tough to face a
guy like Schilling. You don't score those kind of runs on him very
often."
Schilling gave up two other homers -- solo shots by Derrek Lee in
the second and Preston Wilson in the fifth.
Jay Bell and Craig Counsell hit solo homers for the
Diamondbacks, Reggie Sanders had a two-run double and Damian Miller
drove in three runs with a pair of singles.
Marlins rookie Jason Grilli (2-2) was lifted in the fifth when
he failed to get four batters out, allowing two singles and hitting
Matt Williams to load the bases before Mark Grace hit a run-scoring
single to give Arizona a 6-5 lead.
Ricky Bones came in to face Sanders, who doubled just inside the
third-base line to score two runs. Miller's two-run single made it
10-5.
"We got hit by the big inning two nights in a row," Florida
manager John Boles said. "Jason was missing with his location, and
they're good hitters. They hit the pitches that were mistakes."
The Marlins took a 4-2 lead in the fourth on RBI singles by Alex
Gonzalez and Luis Castillo.
But Arizona never trailed after the fourth, when it scored three
runs on a walk, a sacrifice bunt and three singles -- Miller's first
RBI, and a two-run hit by Steve Finley.
Game notes
The Diamondbacks scored 28 runs in the series. ... Arizona
placed closer Matt Mantei on the 15-day DL before the game and
filled his roster spot by purchasing the contract of RHP Erik Sabel
from Triple-A Tucson and moving RHP Bobby Witt to the 60-day DL. An
MRI exam found a tear of the envelope that encloses nerves in
Mantei's right elbow. ... When Grilli hit Williams, it was the 13th
time a Diamondback has been hit. Nine were plunked during the
six-game homestand.
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