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Ian Kennedy

Ian Patrick Kennedy (born December 19, 1984, in Huntington Beach, California) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Ian Kennedy outpitches Lincecum, ends 5-start losing streak as D-backs avoid sweep by Giants

Paul Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning to help Ian Kennedy snap a five-start losing streak, and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.

Kennedy (4-5) outdueled Tim Lincecum (2-6) in a matchup of struggling aces to win for the first time in seven starts since beating the Braves on April 22.Goldschmidt crushed a 1-0 offering into the left field bleachers for his fourth home run of the year and fourth of his career off Lincecum — most by any opponent against the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner. Goldschmidt also added an RBI single in the eighth for an insurance run and Ryan Roberts also singled in a run.Melky Cabrera singled in the eighth to finish his marvelous May with 51 hits, matching Randy Winn's San Francisco record for most hits in a month set in September 2005. The last player in baseball with 50 or more hits in a month was Carl Crawford, with 50 for Tampa Bay in August 2007. Cabre...

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  1. Ian Kennedy becomes NL's second 15-game winner, leading Diamondbacks to 4-3 win over Mets

    Ian Kennedy is tied with Roy Halladay for the most wins in the National League at 15. Kennedy's Arizona Diamondbacks have taken a two-game lead over reigning world c...

  2. Arizona's Ian Kennedy wins fifth straight start, D-backs gain ground on first-place Giants

    Ian Kennedy watched Cody Ross ' leadoff home run sail into the seats in left field and quickly told himself to regroup.After that, Arizona's ace dominated the defend...

  3. Braun, Weeks, Hart hit HRs; Gallardo improves to 6-0 against Arizona with Brewers' 7-1 win

    Ryan Braun, Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart homered and Yovani Gallardo maintained his mastery of Arizona on Friday night in the Milwaukee Brewers' 7-1 victory over the ...

  4. Gallardo shuts down Diamondbacks

    Yovani Gallardo tossed 7 1/3 strong innings of one-run ball and the Milwaukee Brewers knocked off the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-1, in the opener of a three-game set at...

  5. Greinke, Miley square off at Chase Field

    Milwaukee right-hander Zack Greinke eyes his fifth straight winning decision this evening when the Brewers continue a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks...

  6. Starter Ian Kennedy struggles in Diamondbacks' 15-5 loss to Cardinals

    About everything that could go wrong for Arizona Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy did on Wednesday."I was off on pretty much everything," Kennedy said after allowing...

  7. Ian Kennedy pitches Diamondbacks to 4-1 win over Dodgers, Nady and Roberts homer off Lilly

    Ian Kennedy pitched six innings and Xavier Nady and Ryan Roberts hit consecutive homers to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 Sunday.Kenn...

  8. New father Ian Kennedy tosses 3-hitter to outduel Cliff Lee as D'backs top Phillies 4-0

    New father Ian Kennedy threw a three-hitter in the first complete game of his major league career, outpitching Cliff Lee to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-0 vi...

  9. Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson selects RHP Ian Kennedy to start on opening day

    Ian Kennedy has been picked to start on opening day for the Arizona Diamondbacks.Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said Tuesday that Kennedy will pitch April 1 at Colorado...

  10. Diamondbacks waste strong performance by Kennedy in 2-1 loss at Washington

    The Arizona Diamondbacks wasted one of Ian Kennedy's best performances of the season.Kennedy pitched seven crisp innings, but Bryce Harper hit a tiebreaking RBI doub...

  11. D'Backs give Kennedy the ball in D.C.

    Ian Kennedy is off to another good start for the Arizona Diamondbacks and will try to stay unbeaten when he takes the mound tonight against the Washington Nationals ...

  12. Butler and Moustakas homer, Chen wins third straight start as Royals top Diamondbacks 7-3

    Bruce Chen pitched out of trouble the way Arizona's Ian Kennedy could not. While Chen won his third straight start for Kansas City, Kennedy dropped to 0-4 in May.Bil...

  1. Ian Kennedy outpitches Lincecum, ends 5-start losing streak as D-backs avoid sweep by Giants

    Tim Lincecum insists he will find a way to slow down Paul Goldschmidt."I'm not hoping. I'm going to figure it out," he said.Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead homer in the s...

  2. Kennedy pitches D'Backs over Giants

    Ian Kennedy tossed 7 2/3 dominant innings on Wednesday as the Arizona Diamondbacks knocked off the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, to salvage the finale of a three-game s...

  3. Padres carry slide into opener vs. D-backs

    Carlos Quentin has provided the Padres' offense with quite a boost since his return to action, but it hasn't been enough to get his team a victory.San Diego tries to...

  4. Aces low: Giants, D-Backs meet in battle of slumping hurlers

    An 0-3 mark with a 7.09 earned run average in the past five starts is what Tim Lincecum is clinging to right now.The San Francisco Giants have lost each of those out...

  5. Melky delivers 3 more hits to give him 50 in May and help Giants beat Diamondbacks 3-1

    Melky Cabrera got his 50th hit of the month to spark the go-ahead rally and Buster Posey drove in a pair of runs to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 3-1 victory ov...

  6. Diamondbacks unable to overcome Cabrera's 3 hits, blown early chances in 3-1 loss to Giants

    The Arizona Diamondbacks twice loaded the bases against Ryan Vogelsong with a chance to add to a one-run lead only to come up empty.Those blown opportunities proved ...

  7. Diamondbacks, Brewers square off in the desert

    Two of the best pitchers in the National League square off this evening when Ian Kennedy and the Arizona Diamondbacks welcome Yovani Gallardo and the Milwaukee Brewe...

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