'Big Unit' Gets First Win


	'Big Unit' Gets First Win

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4-26-2008 11:01 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/506eb58b-3c3a-4918-95b4-6e7063c8f851/1E720037-5BDF-428C-80A4-5FEB697D4045/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap" style="font-size: 11px;">sports.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/sports.yahoo.com/img/7431E882-7F97-43AC-B45C-18EAFD19BE60" alt="Arizona Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson lays down a successful sacrifice bunt against the San Diego Padres during the Diamondbacks' five run third inning in their 5-1 victory in their baseball game Friday, April 25, 2008 in San Diego. Johnson earned his first win of the season, going six innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out seven and getting a base hit. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><P>SAN DIEGO (AP)—<A href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/4288/;_ylt=AkVbxOpqYWI8CsTrJM9TdFmpu7YF">Randy Johnson</A> threw nasty sliders and a few fastballs in the
95-96 mph range, hit a single and made a nice defensive play, bounding off the
mound to field a chopper and throw out the runner.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><P>Just like that, the Big Unit was back in the win column.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><P>Johnson got his first victory since having back surgery in August, leading
the <A href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/ari/;_ylt=AtEKO8FQqhdia.8cCd2JX.ipu7YF">Arizona Diamondbacks</A> to a 5-1 win over staggering San Diego on Friday night.
Johnson held the Padres’ popgun offense to one run on three hits while striking
out seven in six innings.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><P>“My body felt good today,” Johnson said. “I’m pleased.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><P>Johnson’s last win came on June 10 against Boston. He made one more start
before his 2007 ended because of a sore back that required a second surgery in
less than a year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280425125&prov=ap"><P>The 6-foot-10 lefty said he might have tried pushing a few things last year.
He intends to go slow this year, even if it means missing a start here and
there.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1E720037-5BDF-428C-80A4-5FEB697D4045/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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