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Game Recap

DENVER (AP) -- Brandon Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks clinched a playoff spot and stopped Colorado's 11-game winning streak with a 4-2 win Friday night that put a crimp in the Rockies' postseason plans.

Arizona's win combined with the New York Mets' loss to Florida put Arizona into the playoffs for the first time since 2002.

The Diamondbacks became the first NL team to clinch a playoff berth, but they still don't know whether they'll be the wild-card team or NL West champion. After the final out, Diamondbacks didn't swarm the field but lined up to shake each other's hands before a scrum developed behind second base, with the relievers rushing in to join the celebration.

All the timely hits, defensive gems and solid pitching performances that had defined the Rockies' unlikely playoff push dissipated on a warm night in the Rockies -- and Webb did his part.

Webb (18-10) solved Colorado's lineup for the first time this season. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner had been 0-3 with a 6.47 ERA in five previous starts against the Rockies this year.

He allowed two earned runs and eight hits in seven innings. He escaped a jam in the seventh when the Rockies brought the go-ahead runner to the plate in Kaz Matsui, who grounded out to short to end the inning.

In the eighth, Matt Holliday hit a one-out double off Brandon Lyon, who came back to retire Todd Helton on a weak dribbler to the mound and got Garrett Atkins to chase a high strike three.

Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his 47th save in 54 chances. Colorado put two on with one out in the ninth, bringing the sellout crowd of 48,190 to its feet before Valverde struck out pinch-hitter Joe Koshansky and Matsui.

Rockies ace Jeff Francis (17-9) failed in his bid to set a franchise record for wins by a starter and lost for just the second time in 14 starts against the Diamondbacks. He was hurt by his own base-running blunder in the third inning that cost Colorado a big rally.

Colorado lost for the first time since Sept. 15. The Rockies had moved back into the playoff picture with the longest winning streak in the majors this year and the longest in franchise history,

The Rockies, who fell three games behind Arizona with two to go, can still get into the playoffs as a wild card, although they'll need lots of help now.

Colorado had swept three straight series and a sweep of this one against Arizona would have ensured them of at least a tiebreaker game on Monday.

Francis, who lost at home for just the second time in his last 14 starts at Coors Field, gave up four earned runs and seven hits in six innings. The big blow came in the third, when Conor Jackson sent a hanging curve into the left-field seats for a two-run homer and a 3-0 lead.

After allowing Jackson's 15th homer, Francis singled in the bottom of the third and lugged to third base on Matsui's double into the left-field corner. But the lanky left-hander hurt his own cause when he was caught off third base on Troy Tulowitzki's ground ball to shortstop.

Francis did the right thing and held up but anticipated Stephen Drew's throw to first and took a stutter step toward the plate. The slow-footed Francis had no chance in the rundown.

His base-running blunder haunted the Rockies immediately because Holliday followed with a sharp single up the middle to score Matsui and make it 3-1 before Todd Helton grounded out to end the inning.

The Diamondbacks made it 4-1 in the sixth when Reynolds doubled and scored on Drew's single. They loaded the bases in the seventh off Ryan Speier but Chris Snyder flied out to right fielder Brad Hawpe, who nearly overran the ball.

Hawpe's RBI double off Webb in the seventh made it 4-2, and the Rockies put the go-ahead run at the plate with two outs when Matsui came up with runners at the corners and grounded out to short.

Augie Ojeda hit a sacrifice fly in the second for Arizona's first run. When Yorvit Torrealba chased strike three to strand a runner at third, it marked just the second time in 70 innings that the Rockies trailed at the end of an inning.

Game Notes

Francis was trying to top Kevin Ritz (1996) and Pedro Astacio (1999) for most wins in franchise history. ... As a sign of how relaxed the D-Backs were coming into Denver, they had their traditional rookie dress-up on Thursday night and dropped them off several blocks from the team hotel. Reliever Jailen Peguero wore a cowgirl costume complete with a halter top and six-guns.