Game Wrap 8/21/2026: Red Sox 6 Giants 4

Logan Webb's night fell apart in front of our eyes in the third inning as the Red Sox put up a 5-spot and a Giants comeback fell short.  Key Lines:

Drew Gilbert CF- 2 for 3, HR(7).  BA= .241.  Gilbert singled to lead off the game then followed Christian Koss 3B 2-out double in the 4'th inning with a HR.  Rafael Devers DH followed Gilbert with his 26'th HR to cut the Red Sox lead to 5-4.  The Giants never got closer than that the rest of the night.  Gilbert's hits came against Sonny Gray RHP.  He was replaced by Jonah Cox PH/CF to face a parade of LHP's.  Cox struck out twice and now has 8 K's in a row over his last 3 games.  It's a small sample but 8 K's in a row is a lot.

Logan Webb RHP- 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 2 K's, 2 HBP, 3/1 GO/AO.  ERA= 3.75.  Webb allowed 3 baserunners in the first two innings so he was not exactly sharp from the beginning.  still, I wasn't too worried when Willson Contreras came up in with 2 on and 2 out in the third inning.  I did think Wilyer Abreu's single just ahead of Contreras looked awfully fat, like a batting practice pitch.  Then Contreras absolutely unloaded on a changeup at the bottom of the strike zone but center-cut.  It might still be in the air out there somewhere in Boston, 116 MPH, estimated distance 452 ft.  What followed was single, single, HBP, walk, HBP and Webb's night was done.  

My two thoughts as I watched this unfold was either he's tipping his pitches or hurt.  He did throw one fastball at almost 94 MPH but was sitting just 90-91 by the second HBP the command was non-existent so I am a bit worried about an injury.  In his postgame comments, Sergio Romo made the point that Webb threw a lot of changeups to RH batters with movement  into the batter rather than away and appeared to be overthrowing in the latter part of the inning.  No matter the cause, it was an ugly scene.  I felt bad for Webby.  

Blade Tidwell RHP tries to come back from his last disaster start this evening facing Patrick Sandoval LHP who comes in with an ERA of 4.76.