Whereas the San Francisco Giants have dissatisfied since tying the Los Angeles Dodgers for the division lead with a mid-June surge, veteran ace Logan Webb is placing collectively one other sturdy season. And on Saturday, the seventh-year professional reached a big profession milestone.
Webb entered Saturday’s matchup in opposition to the Athletics with 897 strikeouts. Within the backside of the fourth inning, he caught Nick Kurtz trying with a 91 mph sinker for profession strikeout No. 900, per the Giants official X account.
The All-Star righty reached the milestone rapidly too. Webb solely wanted 165 video games to rack up 900 Ks. That’s the third-fewest in Giants historical past, behind solely Tim Lincecum (124) and Madison Bumgarner (158), per SF Giants on NBC Sports activities.
Logan Webb lifts slumping Giants over A’s
Webb has continued his elite strikeout-to-walk ratio in 2025 as he tied a franchise document for essentially the most video games with 10 or extra strikeouts and no walks in a season. Bumgarner, Kevin Gausman and Carlos Rodon are the one different Giants pitchers to perform the feat thrice in a season. And Webb nonetheless has the second half of the yr to interrupt the document.
Sadly, a scarcity of run help additionally earned Webb a spot in franchise historical past. He’s the one Giants pitcher to document 12 or extra strikeouts with no walks in a sport and lose. On April 18, Webb allowed one earned run with 12 Ks and no walks in six innings however San Francisco was shut out by the Los Angeles Angels.
Run help wasn’t a difficulty in Webb’s begin in opposition to the A’s Saturday. The Giants received 7-2 because the 28-year-old veteran improved to 8-6 on the season. He has a 2.62 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 133 strikeouts in 120 1/3 innings over 19 begins for San Francisco. Webb’s as much as 2.5 bWAR, placing him on tempo for his second-best season within the majors.
Whereas Webb has continued to play effectively, the Giants have struggled. Even with the win over the Athletics, the workforce has nonetheless gone simply 7-13 since June 13, when San Francisco was tied with the Dodgers for first place within the NL West.
Coming into Saturday’s contest, the Giants had misplaced 11 of 17 video games since buying and selling for Rafael Devers. The three-time All-Star has struggled since altering coasts, hitting .215 with a .676 OPS since touchdown in San Francisco.
Though Devers is satisfied he’ll get away of the hunch quickly, the Giants have dropped within the standings. The workforce is now eight video games again within the division.