San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb (62) throws against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Milwaukee Brewers 2 (13-12)

San Francisco Giants 4 (16-9)

Win: Logan Webb (3-1)

Loss: Freddy Peralta (2-2)

Save: Camilo Doval (4)

Time: 2:34

Attendance: 29,049

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants played a much cleaner game Wednesday night, as Logan Webb was strong over six and a third innings, and Camilo Doval stepped into his old role to avert disaster and close out a 4-2 win over the Brewers.

After the Giants won the series opener on Monday, the Brewers pounded them into submission Tuesday night. It was one of those games where you had to forget about it and be ready to go the next day.

The next day came, and the Giants had their ace in Logan Webb on the mound. Webb was coming off his first loss of the season on Friday night in Anaheim, which he really didn’t deserve. He gave up just two runs and struck out 12 over six innings. Unfortunately, the Giants just couldn’t provide him with any offense.

Anyway, Webb and the Giants took the field on the first foggy night of the season at Oracle Park. It wouldn’t be easy for Webb out of the gate, as he had to work through jams in each of the first two innings. However, he survived them both without any damage, and proceeded to set down the next 11 hitters he faced over three-straight one, two, three innings.

Brewers’ starter Freddy Peralta had a very similar outing. He escaped a jam in the bottom of the fourth inning, and notched five shutout innings under his belt.

Just like the championship days, the Giants have utilized the ground attack and have taken advantage of errors and defensive mistakes by their opponents this season. They would do it again Wednesday night, as they loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth to knock Peralta out of the game.

In came Nick Mears to face Wilmer Flores. With the count at 1-2, Mears threw a nasty slider just below the knees on the outside corner, but Flores grounded it up the middle and off the glove of the diving shortstop, Joey Ortiz, for a base-hit to center field, and two runs scored to put the Giants up 2-0.

The Giants would get some help from the Brewers’ defense as the inning went along. With runners at the corners at one out, LeMonte Wade hit a potential double play ball to second-baseman Brice Turang that Turang tried to backhand, but it hit off his glove, and Matt Chapman scored to make it 3-0.

Christian Koss came up with two outs and hit a ground ball to Ortiz at short. Ortiz ranged to his left to field it, but his off-balanced throw to first sailed off the glove of first-baseman Rhys Hoskins, and Flores came in to score to cap off a four-run inning.

Webb gave up a base-hit and a walk to start the top of the seventh, and he closed out his night by getting Caleb Durbin to fly out to left. Webb ended up going six and a third scoreless innings and struck out six. Lefty Erik Miller came in and got out of it with the shutout still intact.

Tyler Rogers pitched a one, two, three inning in the top of the eighth, and Ryan Walker came in for a non-save situation in the top of the ninth. It was Walker’s first time on the mound since he gave up four runs and blew the save on Sunday in Anaheim.

Unfortunately, Walker was hit around again. The Brewers loaded the bases with one out following a pair of base-hits and a hit batsman. Turang then came up and lined a ground rule double off the end of the bat down the left field line, which scored a pair of runs and cut the Giants’ lead in half to 4-2.

Bob Melvin summoned Camilo Doval, who lost the closer’s job last August, but who had quietly amassed three saves so far this season. It was a big opportunity for Doval, who lost the job following a string of rough outings in the middle of last season. Doval seized on this opportunity, as he struck out Jackson Churio, and got Christian Yelich to ground out to end it.

Logan Webb got the win; Freddy Peralta took the loss; and Camilo Doval picked up his fourth save. Ryan Walker has five saves.

The Giants improve to 16-9, and they have a chance to take the series with a win Thursday afternoon. Landen Roupp (2-1, 4.09 ERA) will take the ball for the Giants. As for the Brewers, right-hander Tobias Myers will make the start in his 2025 debut.

First pitch will be at 12:45 p.m.