Logan Webb rocked, SF Giants routed by lowly Rockies as dismal season continues

DENVER — When Logan Webb took the mound here, almost a mile above sea level, a little more than a month ago, he only left the game due to a pitch restriction.In that start, his first back from the injured list, Webb still pitched into the fifth inning.In his return visit Friday night, following five starts so dominant that he was named National League pitcher of the month earlier in the day, his day was done after only three innings.Apparently the Rockies didn’t get the message that the Fourth of July fireworks were scheduled for after the game.Jake McCarthy started the show on Webb’s first pitch of the game.McCarthy, the Rockies’ leadoff man, put a first-pitch sinker into the home bullpen, only the beginning of a battering that will go down as one of Webb’s worst nights on the field.The Giants’ ace yielded seven earned runs on 11 hits — both matching career-highs — in a 15-3 rout to one of the only two teams in the NL with a worse record than San Francisco’s.Colorado had a clear plan of attacking, pouncing on Webb early and often.

Of the 21 hitters who came to bat against him, nine put one of his first two pitches in play, resulting in seven hits.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story And yet, probably the most enraging result came on the 12th pitch of Ezequiel Tovar’s at-bat in the second inning, which the No.9 hitter turned on for the second of three Rockies home runs.For all the damage the Rockies did against Webb in three innings, they matched it in one inning against Matt Gage and Ryan Walker, who allowed Colorado to bring 12 men to the plate in a seven-run fifth that, even at Coors Field, put this one far out of reach.Gage put the first three batters of the inning — also the bottom three hitters in the Rockies’ order �...