Logan Webb pitched his second career shutout, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night in a quick 1 hour, 55 minutes.
Webb (8-8) struck out six batters, allowing only five singles and a walk in his first complete game of the season and third of his career. His previous shutout was on July 9, 2023, in a 1-0 win over Colorado.
“As the game went along, he just got better and better,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “His movement was back today. Backdoor sinkers, changeups going straight down.”
Webb threw 73 of his 106 pitches for strikes and got 14 groundball outs. He had allowed at least four earned runs in each of his previous three starts.
“It’s a known thing I’ve been struggling a little bit, so I just wanted to go out there and get back to what I’m good at,” Webb said. “Today was a perfect example of that. (Catcher Patrick Bailey) called a great game and the defense was amazing behind me. It was an all-around great game.”
The Giants ended a three-game losing streak against their Bay Bridge rivals and split the two-game series. They will face the Athletics twice more in Oakland on Aug. 17 and 18.
Oakland’s Ross Stripling (2-10) pitched well against his former team, allowing one run on four hits with a walk and no strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
“Ross did a great job,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “Getting through 5 2/3 of baseball and only giving up one run, I thought he did a phenomenal job for us, keeping us in the game and managing the workload.”
Stripling played for the Giants last season before being traded to Oakland in February. He is now 0-5 lifetime at Oracle Park.
“Obviously, this one was meaningful,” Stripling said. “Played here last year, basically tipping my cap to the first seven of the nine guys I faced, saying ‘What’s up.’ You know, those guys are buds. Always kind of a weird dynamic.”
