"With a smack of his glove and swift stride back to the dugout, Logan Webb celebrated a new career milestone. The Giants ace wasn't his most efficient, nor his most effective, against the Diamondbacks on Monday night. But, like he has all season, Webb reached into his back pocket and found a weapon when he needed it most. Four runs were already on his pitching line and a potential fifth was standing on third with two outs in the fifth,"
"The count ran full, and Webb fired a changeup on the outside corner that darted away from the left-handed batter. Castillo offered and came up empty. Strike three, the 200th of the season for the ground-ball savant turned strikeout artist. A congratulatory message flashed across the jumbotron, the 26,699 on hand rose to their feet and Webb made his way off the mound, hardly acknowledging the feat."
Logan Webb struck out Adrian Del Castillo on a full-count changeup for his 200th strikeout, then added another punchout to finish with seven. Webb threw 110 pitches across six innings and earned the win as the Giants beat the Diamondbacks 11-5. The Giants loaded the bases in the sixth and scored five runs, highlighted by Christian Koss's two-run double and Heliot Ramos's 435-foot homer to left-center. Webb left the game as the National League strikeout leader with 201 total and is on pace to reach 200 innings by month-end. The victory moved the Giants within three games of the final wild-card spot.
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