I like to say it's not whether your guy pitched well, it's whether he pitched better than the other guy! In tonight's case—well, not quite. Logan Webb was awesome, throwing seven shutout innings (97 pitches) with TEN strikeouts, eight groundouts, four hits, and no walks. Unfortunately Hunter Greene matched him for seven and continued on until the ninth. The Giants finally forced him out after 104 pitches when Jung Hoo Lee singled and Matt Chapman walked with two outs. Heliot Ramos smoked a liner to left off reliever Tony Santillan but it was caught and that was that. Greene allowed four hits in his 8-2/3 IP, walked one (Chapman in the 9th), and whiffed seven. The Giants made thirteen flyball outs. Greene was still showing 99 mph at the end of the game.
Camilo Doval put two on in the 8th and both scored after Erik Miller came in. With Greene dealing the Giants didn't have much of a chance after that. Lou Trivino got the last four outs. It's too bad they wasted a great start and lost the winning streak. But winning seven in a row is a fine way to start the season. Let's see some more of that.
Landen Roupp gets his second start tomorrow night at 6:45 PT.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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