NLDS: Giants' Logan Webb Earns Lincecum Comparison After Beating Dodgers (original) (raw)

Baseball|Shades of Another Giants Era: A Youngster Tames the Dodgers

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N.L. division series: Giants lead, 1-0

Shades of Another Giants Era: A Youngster Tames the Dodgers

Logan Webb earned a comparison to a San Francisco legend by holding Los Angeles scoreless and striking out 10 batters.

Logan Webb of the San Francisco Giants threw seven and two-thirds scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.Credit...Jed Jacobsohn/Associated Press

Published Oct. 9, 2021Updated Oct. 15, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — When the San Francisco Giants won three World Series titles over the five-year period from 2010-14, they did so with young pitchers blossoming at just the right time. Without Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner, the Giants would not have risen to such heights.

As they started their latest postseason quest on a chilly Friday night by the San Francisco Bay, a fresh-faced right-hander tamed the Los Angeles Dodgers and offered indications that something similar could be developing. Logan Webb, 24, dominated with an assortment of fastballs, changeups and ground ball-inducing sinkers over seven and two-thirds scoreless innings, handing the Giants a 4-0 win in Game 1 of this National League division series.

It may seem presumptuous to discuss Webb in terms reserved for Lincecum, Cain and Bumgarner. But the catcher who was behind the plate for all three of those World Series titles said afterward that he could see the parallels.

“It felt a little like Lincecum against the Braves in 2010,” Buster Posey said, flashing back to another division series Game 1 when Lincecum threw a complete game, two-hit gem in a 1-0 win over Atlanta.

At the time, Lincecum was 26, with nearly four full seasons on his résumé.

Webb has been in the majors for parts of three seasons, but didn’t establish himself in the rotation until last year. Against the Dodgers, he became the youngest San Francisco pitcher to start a postseason game since Bumgarner in 2012 — and the second-youngest Giant to start a Game 1 since Bumgarner’s 2012 National League Championship Series start when he was 23.

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