Logan Webb on Wednesday pitched his second career shutout, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics in a speedy 1 hour, 55 minutes.
Webb (8-8) struck out six, limiting the A’s to five singles and a walk in his first complete game of the season and third of his career.
His other shutout was on July 9 last year in a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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“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 106 pitches for strikes, getting 14 groundball outs. He 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 snapped a three-game losing streak against their Bay Bridge rivals.
Oakland’s Ross Stripling (2-10) pitched well against his former team, permitting 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.”
Stripling spent last season with the Giants before being traded to Oakland in February. He fell to 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.”
Mike Yastrzemski and Marco Luciano hit consecutive one-out singles in the fifth to put runners on the corners. Brett Wisely followed with a sacrifice fly to score the only run of the game.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, it was:
‧ Angels 1, Rockies 2
‧ Astros 5, Pirates 4
‧ Brewers 2, Braves 6
‧ Cardinals 10, Rangers 1
‧ Diamondbacks 5, Nationals 4
‧ Mets 3, Twins 8
‧ Orioles 10, Blue Jays 4
‧ Padres 8, Dodgers 1
‧ Phillies 5, Yankees 6
‧ Rays 2, Marlins 6
‧ Red Sox 3, Mariners 2 (10i)
‧ Reds 4, Cubs 13
‧ White Sox 3, Royals 10
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