Webb makes quick work of Cards

~ The Arizona pitcher thew a one-hitter in a game that lasted 1 hour, 54 minutes.

PHOENIX -- Brandon Webb pitched a one-hitter for his third shutout of the season, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.

Webb (15-6) did not allow a runner past second base and got 16 groundball outs for his second win since Aug. 17. It was also his fourth complete game of the season.

The game lasted 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was the Diamondbacks' second straight win and third in 11 games.

Jason Marquis (14-14) allowed six hits in seven innings, but three of those were for extra bases that led to single runs in the first, second and fourth innings.

Craig Counsell hit the second pitch of the bottom of the first into the right-center field gap, snapping an 0-for-22 slump. He scored one batter later on Luis Gonzalez's grounder to first baseman Albert Pujols.

In the second, Carlos Quentin hit his seventh home run of the season, a 394-foot shot to left center. In the fourth, Chris Snyder singled in Conor Jackson, who had doubled, to give Arizona a 3-0 lead.

Webb retired the first eight hitters, before allowing Marquis to reach when his comebacker glanced off first baseman Jackson's glove for an error.

Pujols reached on an error in the fourth when third baseman Chad Tracy dropped his grounder and then threw wide tot first, pulling Jackson off the bag. Webb picked off Pujols, who was tagged out by second baseman Orlando Hudson. Scott Rolen followed with a double, before Webb struck out Preston Wilson for the third out.

Webb then retired the next 11 to face him before hitting pinch-hitter John Rodriguez in the eighth and then getting pinch-hitter Scott Spiezio to ground back to the box.

Noteworthy

• The roof was open for the second night in a row with temperatures in the 70s. The roof hadn't been open since June 10 until Friday night.