Historic Day for Schilling

Curt Schilling joined Randy Johnson to make strikeout history and Tony Womack singled home the winning run in the 13th inning Sunday to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Schilling’s bid to become baseball’s first 24-game winner in six years was spoiled when a fielding error by second baseman Junior Spivey allowed the Brewers to score the tying run in the ninth inning.

Schilling struck out eight to reach 300 for the season. He and Johnson are the first teammates with 300 strikeouts in the same season.

Felix Jose and Erubiel Durazo began the 13th with pinch-hit singles off Nelson Figueroa (1-7), then Womack singled to left to win it.

The victory, coupled with San Francisco’s loss to San Diego, left Arizona seven games ahead of the second-place Giants with 14 to play.

The Diamondbacks have a magic number of seven to clinch their third NL West title in four years.

Schilling was far from his best, giving up eight hits and walking three, but still had a 5-4 lead when he left after eight innings.

Milwaukee lost its 97th game to tie a franchise record set in 1970, the Brewers’ first season. They set a club record with their 51st road loss.