Originally published by DodgerBlue.com
The Los Angeles Dodgers continue their road trip Friday with the start of a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park but won’t face Logan Webb like it originally seemed.
It’s the second meeting of the season between the two rivals, with the first resulting in the Dodgers sweeping the Giants at home in May. L.A. was expecting to face Webb — who they became quite familiar with during the 2021 National League Division Series -— on Friday, but San Francisco decided to instead pitch him in the series finale against the Colorado Rockies.
Webb allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits over 5.2 innings in an error-filled game that ended in a Giants’ loss.
The Giants made the decision to pitch Webb on his regular day of rest rather than go with a bullpen game a day early because manager Gabe Kapler felt that winning Thursday was just as important as winning against the Dodgers, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle:
Why? Well, manager Gabe Kapler emphasized before Wednesday’s game that every game is important, saying, “We want to win today’s game and we want to win tomorrow’s game and we want to win the games against the Dodgers. And we feel like we have good plans in place with good starting pitchers, quality starting pitchers, to be good against the Dodgers as well.”
The Giants have not yet announced their starters for the series, but it is expected they will go with a bullpen game on Friday. The Dodgers, so far, have Walker Buehler and Julio Urías lined up to pitch on Friday and Saturday.
Clayton Kershaw was projected to be activated off the 15-day injured list Sunday, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said it could be moved up, which would provide Urías with an extra day of rest.
San Francisco is 6.5 games behind the Dodgers for first place in the National League West standings and they are tied with the Atlanta Braves for the third Wild Card spot.
Logan Webb vs. Dodgers
Webb starting on Thursday means the Dodgers will not see the Giants’ ace during the weekend series.
That should come as a big relief after he posted a 2.25 ERA in 16 innings against them last season before throwing another 14.2 innings with just one earned run allowed in their postseason matchup.
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