After a lackluster showing on Monday night (4-3 loss) the Giants piled on against Dallas Keuchel and the D-Backs with 14 hits including four home runs. Yermin Mercedes finally had his own breakout with a three-hit, 4-RBI showing which included a double and a homer. He's here for his big bat and I hope we get to see more of that. Thairo Estrada had two homers and--good news--Joey Bart had two hits and a homer. The game featured a Little League sequence in the bottom of the 1st when David Villar's fly ball was misplayed into a triple and then an overthrow sent him home. It made a 1-0 game 4-0 and the rout was on.
Logan Webb went the first six and fanned eight against five hits and two walks. Webb's 2.5 fWAR is 12th in MLB, just behind Justin Verlander and Corbin Burnes. How's that for elite company? His 3.01 FIP puts him 11th and his 2.82 ERA is 17th. Baseball-Reference has Webb 6th at 3.4 bWAR. He's also 5th in IP with 111-2/3 but has allowed only 7 HR and 26 BB. Quality and quantity! I should note that young Logan is only 25 and his arb-clock starts next year. He's a free agent in 2026.
It's a bullpen game this afternoon (12:45 PT) and John Brebbia will open things.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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Last night my television decided it was going on vacation so I didn’t get to see the game. But I followed it on my phone and kept giving updates to my brother.. when it got to 12 to nothing, I figured we had a good chance. That’s how this season has been going.
We win by a lot or we lose by a little!
We win rarely by a lot, and lose frequently by a little. Unlike the 2021 team.
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