SF Giants' Webb continues dominance vs. Cubs, goes eight innings for second straight start
SAN FRANCISCO - Tony Vitello hopped out of the home dugout with two outs in the top of the eighth inning and was met with a scattered smattering of boos.
Logan Webb’s pitch count had already crossed the century mark. He’d just allowed his first run of the game, albeit one that was unearned. The Cubs were threatening for more. Still, many in attendance on Sunday at Oracle Park wanted the show to go on, longing for Webb to end his day on his own terms. His manager was going to give him that chance.
Vitello walked back to the dugout. Webb kept the ball in his hand. The crowd went nuts. Then, it held its breath.
Chicago’s Michael Busch lofted Webb’s 106th and final pitch of the day down the right-field line. Webb thought it was gone off the bat, which would’ve cut the Giants’ lead to one. But Jung Hoo Lee made an all-out effort to track down the ball before he crashed into the wall. Webb raised his hands to the sky, then waited to greet Lee before heading back to the dugout. The crowd, soon to be celebrating San Francisco’s 5-1 win over the Cubs, showered Lee with admiration.
Lee, who collected two more hits, hasn’t forgotten the infamous moment when he crashed into the center-field fence and sustained a season-ending shoulder injury. Sunday, he put his body on the line for his ace.
“I could kind of see in his face that he was going to ask me. I pretty much said, ‘(Heck) yeah, I’m good, let’s go.’ And all the infielders were like, ‘Let’s go.’ It was almost a terrible decision, but thankfully (Lee) caught that ball,” Webb said. “I always want to stay out there, and I was happy I was able to get out of there.”
“After that shoulder injury, every time I make a fence play like that, I feel like my body could sometimes get a little cold because of the experience I had with it,” Lee said through team interpreter Justin Han. “Today, I just wanted to get the catch for Webby.”
With faith from his manager and help from Lee, Webb completed eight innings for a second straight start, the first time he’s gone at least eight frames in consecutive outings in his career. The only run that Webb allowed to the Cubs was unearned, the product of a throwing error right before Busch put a scare into the Sunday afternoon.
Webb, who struck out seven and walked none, has been sterling since returning from the injured list on May 29. Over his last four starts, Webb has allowed just two earned runs over 27 1/3 innings with 23 strikeouts to four walks. In the process, he’s trimmed his ERA from 5.06 to 3.46.
“It’s been on par with guys like Madison Bumgarner and others in this organization is the easiest way to give him as high a praise as possible,” Vitello said. “It’s been fun, more than anything. You can throw out a lot of different adjectives or describe how talented he is and how good of a competitor he is, but he makes it fun while the game’s going on.”
“When Webby comes out and throws the ball the way he does, you don’t feel like you have to get much,” Giants third baseman Matt Chapman said. “He went out there and pitched really well, and when he’s on like that, he’s as good as anybody.”
Chapman, batting in the leadoff spot for the first time since Sept. 4, 2022, stayed hot by lining a two-run homer over the center field fence for his seventh home run of the season. Since breaking a 53-game home run drought on June 1, Chapman is hitting .415/.509/.902 with six home runs over his last 13 games.
Rookie Bryce Eldridge drew a walk and drove in Chapman with a single to extend his on-base streak to 20 games, the longest streak by a rookie this season and the longest by a Giants rookie since Matt Duffy had a 20-game streak in 2015.
Eldridge also became the first Giant age 21 or younger to reach base in at least 20 straight games since Willie McCovey in 1959. During this streak, Eldridge is hitting .412/.494/.706 with four home runs and 12 RBIs.
Up next
The Giants have an off day on Monday before they begin a six-game road trip on Tuesday with three games against the Atlanta Braves, followed by three more against the Miami Marlins. Adrian Houser is scheduled to start Tuesday’s game at Truist Park, with Robbie Ray and Landen Roupp slated to start Wednesday and Thursday’s games, respectively.
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This story was originally published June 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM.