Webb, Haniger subdue Brew Crew

SF 3  MIL 1

Logan Webb and Corbin Burnes staged an epic duel this afternoon in Milwaukee. Burnes gave up a run in the 1st with his own mistake (an errant pickoff) a key part of the sequence. He then threw six straight scoreless frames to give his team a chance. They eked out the tying run the bottom of the 7th on Logan Webb’s final pitch (#107) of the day. Webb had his string of six zeros snapped in that inning, but his was a dominant performance nonetheless, 11 strikeouts vs. one walk and only four hits. The Giants capitalized on the pitching change with Mitch Haniger hitting a two-run homer off reliever Peter Strzelecki in the 8th and that’s how it finished. Camilo Doval had to really work for his 14th save, giving up a double to start the bottom of the 9th and needing 29 pitches to get the final three outs, but he got the job done.

Webb comes away with the “W” despite leaving with the score tied. He gave up a two-out RBI hit but the batter (Victor Caratini) was out trying to stretch the single to a double. The Giants scored in the next half inning (the top of the 8th) to take the lead. Taylor Rogers had another great outing with a scoreless bottom of the 8th for his 11th hold. He struck out Rowdy Tellez with a man on for the third out.

The Giants are 5-1 on the road trip, have won 10 of their last 12, and are 16-9 in May. Alex Cobb starts the getaway game tomorrow morning at 11:10 Pacific. They’ll be home on Memorial Day to face the Pirates (2:05 PT), the first of a three-game set.

Go Giants!

–M.C.