Big first half comes to surprising end for Giants’ All-Star Webb
SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb’s response to not making the MLB All-Star team last season was a memorable one. On the final day of the first half, he shut out the Colorado Rockies, picking up the first career complete game that he had been chasing since breaking through in 2021.
His first start after finally being named to the All-Star team ended up being one he’ll quickly want to forget.
Webb was charged with seven earned runs, tying a career-high that he first set back as a rookie, and the Giants lost 10-6 to the Toronto Blue Jays. They have for weeks seemed allergic to actually getting back to .500, although this was certainly a shocking way to pick up their 48th loss.
Webb had allowed just 14 total runs in eight previous starts at home this season, and he had recorded at least 18 outs in every start for the past two months. Early on, he looked like he might match last season’s performance against the Rockies, but the Blue Jays scored three runs in the fifth and then six in the sixth, with Webb and Sean Hjelle giving up six consecutive hits.
Webb was visibly frustrated after Davis Schneider’s single in the fifth, just the second Blue Jays hit of the night. Two batters later, he threw a third straight low changeup to Ernie Clement, who dug it out for a go-ahead three-run homer.
“I got mad after the Schneider base hit and that’s never a good thing to do when you’re out there,” Webb said. “I let it snowball.”
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. opened the sixth with a long double to center and the Blue Jays ended up batting around, turning a close game into a blowout. Four of the six runs in that inning went on Webb’s line, bumping his ERA to 3.47.
