Logan Webb continued his brilliant pitching in the month of June, Rafael Devers launched two home runs and the San Francisco Giants evened the score with the visiting Atlanta Braves in their three-game series with a 5-0 victory Saturday night.
Coming off a 3-1 loss in the series opener Friday, the Giants limited the Braves to one hit and wasted little time grabbing a lead they’d never relinquish when Devers led off the second inning with a solo shot off Atlanta starter Bryce Elder (5-6).
The Giants added a second run in the inning on a sacrifice fly by Drew Gilbert, then gave Webb a cushion with a three-run third. All three runs were courtesy of Devers’ second homer of the night, this one down the right-field line and over the imposing wall at Oracle Park.
Webb (5-5) coasted from there, limiting the Braves to one hit in seven innings. He walked two and struck out six.
Atlanta’s lone hit off Webb came when former teammate Mauricio Dubon doubled with one out in the second. A Mike Yastrzemski two-out walk gave Webb his only real jam of the night, but he struck out Ha-Seong Kim to end the inning in what then was a scoreless game.
Webb went on to retire the side in order in the third through seventh innings before calling it a night, having thrown 92 pitches.
The seven shutout innings lowered his June ERA to 0.71.
Ryan Walker and Sam Hentges threw a hitless inning apiece to complete San Francisco’s sixth shutout of the season.
The two-homer night by Devers was his first of the year. They were Nos. 13 and 14 this season. His four RBIs were one shy of the season-high five he recorded against the Chicago White Sox on May 24.
Bryce Eldridge, who doubled and scored for the Giants in the second inning, joined Devers and Dubon with the game’s only extra-base hits. The Giants out-hit the visitors 6-1.
Elder lasted just four innings, charged with all five San Francisco runs on five hits. He walked one and struck out four, taking his third straight loss.
–Field Level Media
