What we learned as Webb negotiates, delivers wisely in win vs. Tigers originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – Logan Webb had another masterful performance on the mound, allowing one run with eight strikeouts in seven innings and leading the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at Oracle Park.
The win moves the Giants (61-58) three games above .500 for the first time during the 2024 MLB season.
The day after his leader in majors 10the dead end victory of the year, the Giants scored all of their goals in one inning and then rode Webb’s steady right arm for the 12ththe win in 15 games.
The MLB All-Star pitched efficiently throughout his time on the mound. Webb retired the first nine batters he faced, allowed a run in the fifth with a triple and sacrifice fly, and threw a two-on, two-out jam in the sixth before ending his day with a fairly simple seventh inning.
Webb (10-8) allowed four hits and one run with one walk. He has given up just two runs in his last 21 2/3 innings, a 0.83 ERA in that span.
Tyler Rogers retired all three batters he faced in the eighth before newly named closer Ryan Walker struggled to a tying run in the ninth before striking out Dillon Dingler and Javier Báez to finish.
Detroit advanced on Webb in the fifth. After Parker Meadows tripled to right-center field, Giants shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald picked off Dillon Dingler’s grounder and tried to hit home, but Meadows slid in safely before the throw.
San Francisco responded quickly in the bottom of the fifth when the Giants opened the inning with three consecutive hits. Brett Wisely drove in two runs with a double and scored on Heliot Ramos’ single.
Here are the takeaways from Saturday’s game:
Chappy is a bad, bad man
Third baseman Matt Chapman seems to collect big plays with his glove, much like Barry Bonds collected home runs with his bat. It seems like it’s a daily event.
THE four-time Golden Glove winner added to his defensive resume in the sixth inning when he had to leap to grab Bligh Madris’ soft liner over his head. Chapman caught the ball and fell to the turf as the Oracle Park crowd roared.
Chapman did it again in the eighth when he made a diving stop on Colt Keith’s sharp grounder and then threw to first for the out.
Bats at the end of the order
A day after going hitless through the first six innings, the Giants’ bats took a while to wake up again — but when they did, it was the bottom third of the order that showed up.
Mike Yastrzemski and Jerar Encarnación led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Wisely followed and was the first pitch, lining a two-run double down the right field line.
The final three hitters in manager Bob Melvin’s lineup combined for four of the Giants’ six hits and scored all three of their runs.
Loaded and stranded
Tigers starting pitcher Alex Faedo walked the bases with one out in the first inning, but the Giants’ season-long struggles with runners in scoring position showed again as San Francisco failed to score despite giveaways .
Fitzgerald and Ramos opened the scoring with consecutive free passes. After Michael Conforto was struck out, Chapman took a walk to carry them. Patrick Bailey then took a full count before popping out to shortstop followed by Mark Canha’s lineout to left field.
The Giants entered on the 24ththe in the majors batting .235 with runners in scoring position.
