Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Schilling rings up 19th win

Curt Schilling allowed five hits and struck out eight in sevenscoreless innings, and Chad Moeller and Matt Williams each drove intwo runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks finished off a three-game sweepwith a 9-2 victory Sunday against the visiting Florida Marlins.

Schilling (19-4) reached 18 victories faster than any pitchersince the San Diego Padres' Randy Jones in 1976, but he had failed toget No. 19 despite two strong outings--a loss Aug. 1 against theMontreal Expos and a no-decision Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves.

This time, the Diamondbacks supported him with 14 hits throughseven innings. Every member of the starting lineup had a hit,including Luis Gonzalez, who …

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