SAN FRANICSCO — Camilo Doval and Alex Cobb are going to the All-Star Game, but the horse the Giants rode in on is Logan Webb.
If the Giants are going to do any postseason damage in 2023, it will be Webb anchoring the rotation as the No. 1 starter. Webb looked the part of the dominant postseason pitcher he was in 2021 Sunday, shutting out the Colorado Rockies 1-0 Sunday at Oracle Park.
A festive crowd of 36,050 on a partially overcast day was treated to Webb’s first shutout and complete game after 95 previous starts.
Heading to the mound in the ninth to a standing ovation, Webb (8-7) finished things off by striking out Kris Bryant (on appeal), Ryan McMahon and Elias Diaz to finish it off.
Webb finished with 10 strikeouts, no walks and threw 103 pitches, 75 of them strikes in a game that was over in an hour and 56 minutes.
The Giants scored against Colorado starter and hard-luck loser Kyle Freeland on a home run by J.D. Davis, his 10th, leading off the fourth inning.
The Giants hit the All-Star break with a 49-41 record, behind first-place Arizona and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West. Colorado is 34-57 after losing two of three games to the Giants.
By point of comparison, the Giants 57-32 at the break in 2021 en route to 107 wins, and were 48-43 a year ago when they slumped in the second half and had to rally to finish at .500.
Webb through only 11 pitches in getting through the sixth and seventh unscored on, getting Ryan McMahon to end the sixth on a 3-6-1 double play with Webb covering and then Nolan Jones on a 4-6-3 double play to end the seventh.
Freeland (4-10) was matching Webb pitch for pitch other than a fourth-inning home run to Davis. However, Freeland injured his right shoulder while diving to field a Brett Wisely bunt single in the seventh inning. The bunt came after a one-out walk to Casey Schmitt.
Justin Lawrence came on for Freeland, retiring pinch-hitter Joc Pederson on a force out and Wilmer Flores on a fly to right.