SF Giants' Webb turns in shortest outing of season in loss to Padres

SAN FRANCISCO - Logan Webb appeared to be making progress. Instead, the search for answers remains.

Webb turned in his worst start since Opening Night as the Giants lost 10-5 to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night at Oracle Park, surrendering six runs over four innings in his shortest start of the season.

Manager Tony Vitello revealed after the game that Webb was dealing with knee discomfort, which led to Webb being pulled after 62 pitches.

Through eight starts, Webb’s ERA stands at 5.06 over 48 innings.

Rookie catcher Jesus Rodriguez was a bright spot in the loss, recording his first career RBI with his first career hit in the bottom of the second, then hitting an opposite-field solo shot for his first career home run in the bottom of the seventh.

Casey Schmitt, starting at second base for the first time this season, continued to stay hot by blasting a two-run shot in the bottom of the first. Schmitt’s six home runs and 18 RBIs both lead the Giants.

Bryce Eldridge collected his first hit of the season, flipping a broken-bat, opposite-field single to left field.

The Giants took a quick 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Schmitt followed up Jung Hoo Lee’s leadoff single with a two-run homer, his team-leading sixth home run of the season.

San Diego’s Xander Bogaerts sent a hanging sweeper by Webb into the left-field bleachers, but the Giants responded with two more runs in the bottom half to take a 4-1 lead. Rodríguez drove in Willy Adames, who blew through third-base coach Hector Borg’s stop sign, with his first career hit, then Drew Gilbert scored on a fielder’s choice by Lee.

In the top of the fourth, the Giants’ three-run lead flipped into a two-run deficit as the Padres put up a five-spot on Webb, whose night was done after just four frames.

San Diego’s offense continued to pile on against San Francisco’s low-leverage relievers, scoring a run in the fifth, a run in the sixth and two more in the eighth. The Giants’ bats, meanwhile, went cold from the second inning onward aside from Rodriguez’s solo homer in the bottom of the seventh.

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This story was originally published May 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM.