Logan Webb goes into Giants vs Rockies on Friday evening at Coors Field with a 1.94 ERA over his last seven starts. The San Francisco Giants need that form to carry over against the Colorado Rockies, because this matchup comes with Webb’s recent surge and the ballpark’s usual pressure on visiting pitchers.
Webb’s recent run
Over those seven starts, Webb has allowed one earned run and posted a 0.78 WHIP. He has also put together back-to-back outings of at least seven innings against the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs, a stretch that gives the Giants a steadier baseline than they have had for much of the year.
He leads the Giants with a 3.09 ERA this year and a 1.06 WHIP. Those numbers matter at Coors Field because the same pitcher who has been sharp lately has to carry that run into a setting that has been tougher on him than his season line suggests.
Coors Field history
Webb’s record in 11 starts at Coors Field is 4-2, but his ERA there sits at 4.21. That split is the built-in complication for Friday evening: his overall career ERA is 3.36, yet one of his starts in 2021 ended with a 14.73 ERA, and he also shut out the Rockies over five innings in September of 2022.
That history gives this start a sharper edge than a routine divisional outing. He has handled Colorado before, but the venue has been rougher on him than his recent work away from Denver.
Feltner for Colorado
Ryan Feltner starts for the Rockies, giving Colorado a pitcher who is 2-2 with a 4.42 ERA over 11 starts and has 35 strikeouts. The Giants enter at 36-50, 20 games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers, while the Rockies are 35-53 and two games further back than the Giants in the National League West.
That leaves Friday evening as more than a name-on-the-card start for Webb. The Giants need his seven-start run to keep traveling, and the Rockies get a chance to test him where the margin for error is usually thin.
