This was Webb’s fifth straight season-opener start, and like each other, a win eluded him.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb meets on the mound with San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey and San Francisco Giants’ Matt Chapman after the New York Yankees scored in the second inning of their opening night MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif.
, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. “I could care less. I did a bad job today,” Webb said after yielding all seven runs in thepulled him after five innings — “He just told me I was done,” Webb said – while counterpart Max Fried and the Yankees allowed no runs. Webb expressed no pleasure in repeatedly whiffing Judge, his former Team USA teammate, the reigning American League batting champ, a three-time A.L. MVP and, of course, a Linden native who grew up rooting for the Giants and considered leaving the Yankees for them in December 2022. Webb’s 1,000th career strikeout, however, came when Judge foul-tipped an 86-mph changeup to strand two runners in the fourth inning. Only 13 other pitchers in team history have reached that milestone, with Madison Bumgarner being the most recent. Judge, two innings later, recorded his fourth strikeout when reliever Caleb Kilian caught him looking at a 97-mph fastball. Judge avoided a fifth strikeout with a first-pitch groundout to Matt Chapman to open the ninth inning.After a first-pitch groundout to start the second inning, the Yankees “ambushed” Webb, in his words, with five runs on five hits, the final blow being an RBI triple by Grisham to the right-center alley. “The first inning was great. The second inning, I get a guy to ground out on the first pitch,” Webb said. “Then all hell broke loose. That’s on me.” Vitello described his ace’s debut as “quirky” and one that came with a “heavy amount of stress” thanks to the Yankees’ aggressive bats. Still, Webb could make an early return to pitch the Giants’ fifth game next Tuesday in San Diego, thanks to them being idle Thursday and Sunday, Vitello said. “He’s a groundball pitcher and a couple of balls got elevated,” Vitello said. “They stacked their hits together.”In terms of season openers, Webb also lasted just five innings last season and did not get a decision in an eventual 6-4 win at Cincinnati. He also had no decisions in six-inning debuts in 2022 and in 2024 . When the Giants opened at the Yankees in 2023, Webb struck out 12, but he allowed two home runs in a 5-0 loss. “It didn’t affect them,” Webb said of the Yankees. “It’s part of the job description. This is the fifth time I’ve done this, so I knew going in there’d be some extra stuff.”Kurtenbach: MLB’s SF Giants-Yankees Opening Night Netflix cash-grab proves nothing is sacred in modern sportsOne extra item did go his and the Giants’ way: a called strike against José Caballero held up when the Yankees’ shortstop summoned Major League Baseball’s first ABS-system, robot-umpire challenge. “It felt like a strike,” Webb noted.Review: Famed classic rock act showcases new lead singer in concertBay Area weather: Rain is forecast to break the long dry spell. Here's when to expect it.Michelin praises 12 Bay Area/California restaurants as 'new discoveries'Miss Manners: What can we do about this annoying woman?Bob Dylan heading back to Bay Area for two shows at this lovely venue
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