Webb ‘distinctive’ in 11-Okay win vs. Brewers

MILWAUKEE — The Giants gave homegrown ace Logan Webb a few days of additional relaxation to assist him recover from a decrease again concern that pressured him to exit his final begin after six innings. The 26-year-old right-hander appeared to come back again stronger than ever. 

Webb went toe-to-toe with former National League Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, placing out 11 over seven innings of one-run ball to hold the Giants to a 3-1 win over the Brewers at American Family Field on Saturday afternoon. 

“That was exceptional today,” supervisor Gabe Kapler mentioned. “It felt like he put the ball where he wanted to put it today with three different pitches. He looked super strong. He didn’t look like a pitcher that even needed a couple of extra days, but certainly, it looked like it was useful for him. The ball was coming out really well. It was as sharp as he’s been all year. Really, really good performance.”  

After taking the primary three video games of this four-game collection, San Francisco has now received 10 of its final 12 contests to enhance to 27-25 on the season.  

Webb opened his outing with six shutout innings and took a one-run lead into the underside of the seventh, however the Brewers lastly broke by means of after Brice Turang delivered a two-out triple to proper subject and scored on Victor Caratini’s game-tying single. Caratini tried to stretch his single right into a double, however he was thrown out at second base by Michael Conforto for the ultimate out of the inning. 

Still, the Giants rapidly regained the lead within the high of the eighth, when Mitch Haniger hammered a go-ahead, two-run dwelling run to straightaway middle subject off Brewers reliever Peter Strzelecki. It was the third hit of the afternoon for Haniger, who scuffled on the plate early this season however is now batting .364 (12-for-33) with two dwelling runs and eight RBIs over his final 9 video games.

“I’ve been feeling good,” Haniger mentioned. “Like I said the other day, I’m constantly trying to make adjustments and working on things. I feel like I’ve had some consistency here and the timing’s felt good, so I’m just trying to build off that.”

The different secret to Haniger’s current breakout? Sour Patch Kids. 

Rookie infielder Casey Schmitt — who drew his first profession stroll in his 69th profession plate look on Saturday — mentioned he gave Haniger “one singular” Sour Patch Kid earlier than every of the final two video games. Haniger responded by homering in two consecutive days.  

“I get on him for bringing food into the dugout, but he gave me Sour Patch Kids yesterday and today, so we’ll keep it going,” Haniger mentioned. “One’s not going to kill you once in a while.”   

Webb earned the win after permitting solely 4 hits and placing out one within the 107-pitch effort, which lowered his ERA to 2.75 by means of 11 begins this yr. After going 0-4 with a 4.94 ERA over his first 4 outings, Webb is now 4-1 with a 1.68 ERA over his final six appearances.

Saturday marked Webb’s fifth profession double-digit strikeout recreation and his first since he whiffed 12 on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. Seven of Webb’s strikeouts got here on his changeup, however he additionally acquired two on his slider and two on his four-seam fastball, which he throws solely 3.6 % of the time. 

“Honestly, I think I had pretty good feel for all three of my pitches today,” Webb mentioned. “Even the four-seam that I threw a couple of times, I felt like I could put it where I wanted to. I don’t feel like you have many days where it’s like that, but I felt like today was one of those days.”  

Thanks largely to his elite sinker, Webb entered Saturday with a career-high 61.6 % ground-ball fee — second-best within the Majors behind teammate Alex Cobb — however he threw two four-seam fastballs up within the zone to file back-to-back strikeouts of Turang and Caratini within the fifth, drawing some good-natured ribbing from bullpen coach Craig Albernaz and pitching coach Andrew Bailey.  

“I’ve got like a joke with them because my four-seam is not very good,” Webb mentioned. “I felt good throwing it in the bullpen before. I’ve always got to just pick my spots with that pitch. I think leading up to that, I’d been down in the zone most of the time against those guys. You can’t go to the well too many times, but when I do, I like to make a joke of it with the guys.”