Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants Match Player Stats On Jun 14, 2022

Logan Webb threw seven shutout innings and Tommy La Stella came off the bench to produce half of the Giants' scoring with a pair of sacrifice flies as San Francisco beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday.

A pitchers' duel between Webb and Royals starter Kris Bubic went scoreless into the last of the sixth before the Giants produced a three-run uprising.

Wilmer Flores and Darin Ruf drove in runs with singles, and La Stella, pinch-hitting for Evan Longoria, plated the eventual difference-maker with his first sacrifice fly. The Giants grabbed a lead they never relinquished en route to a second straight win over the Royals to start the three-game series and a fifth in a row overall.

Webb (6-2), who had never previously faced the Royals, ran his career interleague record to 3-4. He allowed five hits -- all singles -- in his seven innings, walking three and striking out nine.

The result ended a five-game winless streak for San Francisco's Opening Day starter, who had begun the season with five wins in his first seven starts.

Webb left the game with a 3-0 lead, then watched as Kansas City scored twice in the eighth against Giants reliever Tyler Rogers. Bobby Witt Jr. had a sacrifice fly and Salvador Perez hit a two-out RBI single to account for the scoring.

Rogers retired MJ Melendez on a liner to center to end the inning with the potential tying run on base.

Bubic (0-4) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and a one-hitter into the sixth before Luis Gonzalez triggered the three-run uprising with a leadoff double.

Bubic, who was pulled after Ruf's hit made it 2-0, was charged with three runs on five hits in his 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out six.

The Giants added an insurance run in the eighth when La Stella, who had stayed in the game to DH after his earlier pinch-hitting assignment, lifted his second sacrifice fly following walks by Mike Yastrzemski and Pederson and pinch hitter Brandon Belt's hit-by-pitch.

La Stella's two sacrifice flies tied an all-time major league record for a reserve. Among the 11 who had done it previously was Ken Griffey in 1985.

Camilo Doval worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his ninth save.

Gonzalez's double, his 10th of the season, was the game's only extra-base hit.

Carlos Santana, Michael A. Taylor and Nicky Lopez collected two hits apiece for the Royals, who out-hit the Giants 8-5 but took their fourth straight loss.

--Field Level Media