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Webb's quality start wasted as Giants blow a six-run ninth to the Reds

Logan Webb allowed two runs over six innings and left with a lead, but San Francisco allowed seven in the ninth in a 10-9 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

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August 27, 20263 min read

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Logan Webb walked off the Oracle Park mound with a quality start and a four-run lead. He did not factor in the decision.

CBS Sports reported that Webb allowed two runs on five hits and a walk over six innings, striking out six, in Wednesday's 10-9 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. ESPN's box matches that line and lists his ERA at 3.72.

It was his 16th quality start of the season, CBS Sports wrote, on a night NBC Sports said Landen Roupp had originally been scheduled to start before the Giants swapped the two.

Webb left after six with San Francisco ahead 6-2. The bullpen later turned a 9-3 ninth-inning lead into a loss.

Two runs, one of them a homer

Dane Myers walked in the second, moved up on a bunt, and scored on Jose Trevino's single to right. Ke'Bryan Hayes then grounded into a double play. In the third, Hector Rodriguez homered to center, 403 feet on ESPN's scoring play, tying the game 2-2. Elly De La Cruz doubled; Webb retired Sal Stewart, JJ Bleday, and Eugenio Suarez with De La Cruz at third.

Rodriguez had reached in the first on a fielding error. Webb hit Bleday with a pitch later in that inning and struck out Suarez looking to end it. Myers stole second in the fourth. De La Cruz reached on a fielder's choice in the first and stole second, CBS Sports' play-by-play shows.

San Francisco scored twice in the fifth on Rafael Devers' 29th homer and twice more in the sixth. Webb retired the side in the fifth and allowed a Suarez single in the sixth before striking out Myers and Matt McLain.

CBS Sports wrote that Webb has quality starts in six of eight outings since the All-Star break.

The ninth, after he was gone

Jason Foley allowed a run in the seventh on Stewart's sacrifice fly, which gave Stewart 100 RBI, tied with Jim Greengrass (1953) for the Reds' rookie record, the AP said. Ryan Walker recorded the last two outs of that inning. Spencer Bivens worked a scoreless eighth, then opened the ninth.

Rodriguez led off the ninth with his second homer. De La Cruz singled. Two walks loaded the bases. Dylan Smith (0-5) replaced Bivens and allowed Suarez's grand slam, his 19th homer, cutting it to 9-8. Myers and McLain reached on bunts. Trevino's fly tied it. Tyler Stephenson singled in the go-ahead run.

ESPN, citing Sportradar, wrote that a six-run ninth-inning lead was the largest the Giants have squandered in the ninth since at least 1901. Elias Sports Bureau figures on the AP wire put Cincinnati at 3-1,917 when trailing by six or more runs in the ninth, with prior rallies in May 1958 against the Cubs and May 1918 against St. Louis.

CBS Sports has Webb's next start on the road early next week in Atlanta. NBC Sports listed that same turn against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Before then, Roupp (7-13, 4.34 ERA) faces visiting Arizona on Thursday night. The Diamondbacks had not named a starter.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401816690

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/giants-logan-webb-quality-start-wasted-by-bullpen-wednesday/

https://www.nbcsports.com/fantasy/baseball/player-news/2026-08-26/logan-webb-tosses-quality-start-versus-reds

https://local12.com/sports/reds/reds-complete-historic-comeback-against-giants-pull-out-10-9-victory-to-avoid-sweep-suarez-grand-slam-rally-cincinnati-mlb-1958

https://sportsfly.cbsistatic.com/mlb/gametracker/recap/MLB_20260826_CIN@SF/

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49736416/suarez-grand-slam-fuels-7-run-9th-reds-rally-giants

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