SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan McMahon’s single to lead off Tuesday’s game must have given manager Gabe Kapler a sigh of relief. He’d have no reason to keep Logan Webb on the mound too long in his career-high 32nd start.
Webb struck out the side in the fifth inning and was pulled having thrown just 78 pitches, giving up one run in a 27-pitch first inning with seven total strikeouts and a walk. But that was always the plan. He was in line for his 15th win of the year, the Giants sealed it with a 5-2 win against the Rockies on the first game back from their road trip to Colorado and Arizona.
The 24-year-old has been on a pitch count for his last two starts as the team hopes to limit his workload during the final meaningless games of the season in order to help preserve his young arm. Only three pitchers in baseball have thrown more than Webb’s 192 1/3 innings — Miami’s Sandy Alcantara (220), St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas (199) and Cleveland’s Shane Bieber (195).
