The Red Sox pulled off a gritty 6-4 win against the San Francisco Giants at Fenway Park on Friday night, but let’s be real, the entire game pivoted on one absolutely legendary moment in the bottom of the third inning. Logan Webb walked out for that frame and things just EXPLODED, turning into a nightmare in about 22 pitches.
Webb’s Nightmare Third Was a Fenway Fever Dream
Before Webb even stepped on the mound for the third, Sonny Gray had already grinded through a bases-loaded jam in the top half, giving up only Bryce Eldridge’s RBI. That’s ace stuff in August, handling the pressure. Then it was Webb’s turn, and man, it was a total meltdown. Hit batters, walks, hits, runs, just a full-on cascade of chaos. With two outs and two men on, Willson Contreras stepped up. And holy cow, did he ever deliver. The dude absolutely CRUSHED one 450 feet, at an insane 116 mph, straight over the Green Monster, past Lansdowne Street, probably onto the Pike. That was the longest Fenway home run of the entire 2026 season. After that monstrous shot, Webb kept struggling, walking another batter and hitting someone else to drive in two more runs. Boston slammed five runs on the board in that inning alone, pulling ahead 5-1. Webb got yanked after just 2.2 innings, and Roarke Sanmartin inherited the mess.
Giants Answer Back, But Bullpen Holds Strong
You gotta give the Giants credit, they didn’t just roll over. Right away in the fourth, Tyler Gilbert blasted a two-run shot off Gray. And then, the ultimate villain, Rafael Devers, the guy Fenway had been booing all night, stepped up and went back-to-back with a solo homer, dead center, his 26th of the season. Just like that, it was 5-4. Fenway got real quiet, real fast. Raffy got his moment, and you just knew it. But that was pretty much it for the Giants’ offense. Sonny Gray held it together, pushing through six innings on 97 pitches, and our bullpen? Absolutely SHUT IT DOWN. Erik Miller came in and slammed the door in the seventh for his 12th hold. Alec Gamboa followed with a clean eighth for his first. Then Aroldis Chapman came in for the ninth and just went to work, striking out three of the four batters he faced for his 28th save. That bullpen allowed zero hits and combined for six strikeouts. Chapman’s ERA is a ridiculous 1.90. This late-inning crew is locked in, and with Garrett Whitlock and Justin Slaten working their ways back, it’s about to get even scarier. Oh, and Wilyer Abreu added some insurance in the sixth with an RBI triple off Trent Harris, pushing the lead back to two. Jarren Duran kept his hitting streak alive with a triple into the triangle too. Sonny Gray moves to an impressive 16-3 on the season.
The ship is finally stabilizing after that rough road trip through Toronto and Pittsburgh. It’s awesome to see this team finding its stride as we get deeper into August.
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Originally reported by Over the Monster.
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