

On a night where America's pastime sold out to Netflix, the San Francisco Giants weren't ready for prime time.
Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb worked five unimpressive innings, giving up nine hits and seven runs (all earned) as San Francisco lost to the New York Yankees 7-0 at Oracle Park on Wednesday night. Webb also struck out seven Yankees in his start.
It wasn't the type of night that Giants manager Tony Vitello wanted to see from his ballclub. Yankees starter Max Fried was on his game against the Giants, retiring 16 of the last 18 batters he faced.
And this was on a night where Yankees slugger Aaron Judge earned the "Golden Sombrero," where he struck out in four consecutive at-bats. Judge grounded out to third in his final at-bat in the ninth inning.
With his outing on Wednesday night, Webb's ERA sits at a staggering 10.80.
But, it's just one start and Webb has time to fix whatever wasn't working for him against the Yankees. Keaton Winn, JT Brubaker, and Caleb Kilian followed Webb to the mound for the Giants, shutting down the Yankees' offense.
Fried was on his game, though, for the Bronx Bombers. Fried went 6 1/3 innings, giving up just two hits, no runs, walking one, and striking out four. Every one of his pitches was working quite well, keeping Giants hitters off-stride all night long. Jake Bird, Brent Headrick, and Camilo Doval came on in relief of Fried.
In the top of the second inning, the Yankees put up a five-spot against Webb. Giancarlo Stanton singled with one out, then Jazz Chisholm Jr. was hit by a Webb pitch. Shortstop José Caballero followed with a double to left field, scoring Stanton for a 1-0 New York lead. Chisholm moved to third on the play.
Ryan McMahon followed with a two-run single to center, putting the Yankees up 3-0. Austin Wells followed with another single, putting McMahon on second and Wells on first. Trent Grisham then smoked a triple to right field, bringing home McMahon and Wells.
That made it 5-0 Yankees. And the way the Giants were hitting at the plate, maybe they could have used some "Yeet!" energy from WWE pro wrestler Jey Uso, who was a guest on Netflix's broadcast.
In the top of the fifth, Cody Bellinger singled to right field. Ben Rice followed with another single, putting runners at first and third base. Stanton then singled to center, scoring Bellinger and giving the Yankees a 6-0 lead.
Chisholm then grounded into a forceout at first base, bringing home Rice. But Giants shortstop Willy Adames committed a throwing error, allowing Chisholm to reach first base.
The Giants' offense only recorded three hits on the night.
As far as the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge coming into play, Caballero tapped his helmet, asking for a review of a strike call by home-plate umpire Bill Miller. The system upheld Miller's call, making it the first ABS challenge in a regular-season MLB game.
The Giants will have Thursday off, time to potentially look over some highlights and see how they can come out better on Friday night. The Yankees are at Oracle Park on Friday night and Saturday afternoon before the Giants get a rare Sunday off.
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