Giants rookie Logan Webb stepped on the mound at Chase Field in his MLB debut Saturday night and threw three straight balls before allowing a leadoff single to Jarrod Dyson.
That was the start to an inning that could have spiraled out of control for San Francisco's top pitching prospect. Instead, he allowed just one earned run -- another scored on an Evan Longoria error -- but Webb refused to show any signs of frustration.
"He had an opportunity to completely let that go awry in the first inning and he didn't, he pitched through an error, he minimized the damage," Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow said Monday on KNBR. "... He came out in the bottom half of the second inning and just goes bang, bang, bang. Shutdown inning. Gets his team back in the dugout and he had two or three times he could have peed down his leg and he didn't."
Krukow also noted that Webb had to battle a tight strike zone in his first taste of the big leagues. The rookie only showed one instance where it affected him -- that harrowing first inning -- but didn't let it snowball.
Webb struck out seven batters and didn't give up another run after the first inning, earning the win in his first major league start. The Giants have shuffled through multiple young pitchers this season, but none have impressed Krukow like Webb did.
"I thought that this guy showed better than Beede has in his last four or five starts. I thought he showed better than Menez showed in his starts," Krukow said. "I didn't think that this guy let the situation get out of hand, and again this was his first big league start."
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The Giants designated Travis Bergen for assignment Sunday, keeping Webb on the big league roster. His next start should come sometime this week against the A's with the Bay Bridge Series moving to Oakland.
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"I really can't wait for it," Krukow said on Webb's next start. "I think he's that type of guy. He's got a football background. He was a quarterback. And he has that mentality where he just charges. And I love the fact that he handled the adrenaline."
Webb, who actually grew up an A's fan in Rocklin, will feel plenty of adrenaline in his next start as well. If Sunday was any indication, however, he knows exactly how to find his groove.
