MILWAUKEE -- Logan Webb has enjoyed quite a bit of success against the Brewers over his career, but he came close to delivering a performance for the ages at American Family Field on Wednesday night.
Webb carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and rookie outfielder Victor Bericoto crushed his first career Major League home run as the Giants hung on for a 1-0 win over the Brewers.
Webb was brilliant in only his second start since returning from a right knee injury last week, retiring the first 15 batters he faced before issuing a leadoff walk to Sal Frelick in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The 29-year-old sinkerballer coaxed three consecutive groundouts from Luis Rengifo, David Hamilton and Christian Yelich to leave Frelick stranded, but he lost his bid for a no-hitter when he surrendered a one-out single to Brice Turang that sailed just past the reach of third baseman Matt Chapman in the seventh.
Still, Webb managed to induce a flyout from William Contreras and another groundout from Jake Bauers to get through seven scoreless innings on 95 pitches. Webb is now 5-0 with a 1.79 ERA in eight career starts against Milwaukee.
Bericoto backed Webb’s dominant outing by launching an opposite-field solo shot off Brewers left-hander Robert Gasser in the top of the fifth. The 24-year-old Venezuelan drove a 2-0 sinker from Gasser over the right-field fence to collect his milestone blast, which landed in the Giants’ bullpen and bounced into the stands before being successfully retrieved by the club’s relievers.
Left-hander Erik Miller took over for Webb in the bottom of the eighth, though he gave up a leadoff single to Jackson Chourio, followed by a one-out walk to Rengifo. Manager Tony Vitello subsequently brought in right-hander Keaton Winn to face pinch-hitter Gary Sánchez, who grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Winn returned to the mound in the ninth, though he was tested after yielding a leadoff double to Yelich. Yelich advanced to third on a groundout by Andrew Vaughn, but he was left stranded after Winn struck out Turang and retired Contreras to close out the win for the Giants.