LOS ANGELES — The Arizona Diamondbacks are usually in pretty good shape when Brandon Webb gets the ball. When he pitches against the Los Angeles Dodgers, they're just about unbeatable.

Webb scattered six hits in eight innings to win his big league-leading 15th game, and the Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles, 2-1, last night to extend their NL West lead over the Dodgers to two games.

Webb (15-4) walked one and struck out six in outpitching Derek Lowe and continuing his domination of the Dodgers. The 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner is 8-0 in his last nine starts against Los Angeles, allowing nine runs in 71 innings.

"I've had some good luck against those guys," said the 29-year-old right-hander, who has a 10-3 lifetime record against the Dodgers and hasn't lost to them since July 7, 2004. "That was probably some of the best stuff I've had all year. I was able to keep the ball down.

"In my eyes, it's the biggest one we've had all year."

Brandon Lyon blanked the Dodgers in the ninth to earn his 23rd save in 28 chances.

The win was the sixth in seven games for the Diamondbacks while the Dodgers lost for just the second time in seven games.

Slugging outfielder Manny Ramirez, acquired by the Dodgers from Boston earlier yesterday, is expected to make his Los Angeles debut tonight against Arizona's Randy Johnson in the second game of a four-game series.

PHILLIES 8, NATIONALS 4

Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth homered, and visiting Philadelphia completed a three-game sweep of Washington and took a one-game lead over idle New York atop the NL East.

Washington has lost nine straight, tying this season's longest streak and the worst skid since the Nationals moved from Montreal in 2005.

CUBS 11, BREWERS 4

Jim Edmonds hit two homers, including a grand slam, and Rich Harden (1-1) picked up his first NL win, giving up a run and six hits in seven innings as visiting Chicago finished off a four-game sweep of Milwaukee.

Just five days ago, the Cubs and Brewers were tied atop the NL Central. After the sweep, the Brewers have lost five straight and are five games behind Chicago, which has won five straight.

BRAVES 9, CARDINALS 4

Rookie Clint Sammons homered and drove in three runs, Omar Infante chipped in with three hits, including a solo homer, and two RBIs for host Atlanta, which beat St. Louis to snap a five-game losing streak.

MARLINS 12, ROCKIES 2

Anibal Sanchez (1-0) allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs, and host Florida pounded Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa (5-6), who retired just five batters and left after allowing six runs in the second.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TWINS 10, WHITE SOX 6

Jason Kubel's three-run homer highlighted host Minnesota's seventh inning in which the game was stopped for several minutes when fans threw hats and baseballs onto the field after Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was ejected.

The fans settled down after about five minutes, and the Twins had a four-run inning to erase a 4-3 deficit.

ANGELS 12, YANKEES 6

Torii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera hit three-run homers for visiting Los Angeles, which continued its East Coast romp in New York.

Coming off a three-game sweep at Boston in which they scored 22 runs, the Angels hit three three-run homers in a game for the first time in 30 years. Los Angeles improved baseball's best record to 68-40.

INDIANS 9, TIGERS 4

Fausto Carmona (5-3) made his second start after spending two months on the disabled list with a hip injury, allowing two runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings, and Grady Sizemore had four RBIs to lead host Cleveland past Detroit.

Sizemore hit a three-run homer, his 27th, in the fifth as the Indians split the four-game series.

MARINERS 8, RANGERS 5

Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (3-6) limited his former team to two runs and six hits pitching into the eighth inning, and Adrian Beltre homered to lead visiting Seattle over Texas.

Ichiro Suzuki tripled and doubled for the Mariners, who had lost nine of their previous 11 and seven of the last nine against the Rangers.