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MILWAUKEE — Everything, down to the littlest detail, was working in the Giants’ favor.
Even the jug of orange Gatorade in the dugout.
“Sometimes they mix it too strong or too weak,” remarked Ron Washington, who’s been in the game long enough to be a connoisseur of the sports drink. “Today, it’s just right.”
And you could say the sameabout Logan Webb. Almost.
In a 1-0 over the Brewers, the Giants ace didn’t allow a base runner until issuing a walk to start the sixth inning and took a no-hitter into the seventh, when a flare off the bat Brice Turang snuck inches over the glove of adiving Matt Chapman, who extended as far to his left as he could.
Webb had to settle for one of the most sterling showings of his career — by far his best of the season — and a much-needed performance toflip the Giants’ fortunesafter dropping seven of their past eight to enter the game with the worst record in the majors.
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It didn’t end without drama: Christian Yelich doubled to lead off the bottom of the ninth and reached third with one out, but Keaton Winn got Turang to swing through a fastball above the letters for the second out and stranded the tying run 90 feet away with a groundout of William Contreras to preserve the spectacular effort by Webb.
He finished seven shutout innings, surrendering just the one walk and one hit while striking out four and using his sinker to induce a dozen mostly soft ground-ball outs.
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