Logan Webb’s afternoon appeared to be over when manager Tony Vitello walked out to the mound to seemingly make a pitching change in the top of the eighth inning Sunday. Webb was at 105 pitches and had just allowed the Cubs to get on the board after Dansby Swanson scored from first on a single and a throwing error by first baseman Casey Schmitt. But the Giants' ace managed to convince Vitello to let him stay in the game and face Michael Busch with a runner on second and two outs. The move looked like it might backfire when Busch smoked the first pitch he saw from Webb toward the warning track in right field. But outfielder Jung Hoo Lee made sure it worked out, chasing down the 316-foot drive with an incredible running grab before crashing into the wall to rob Busch of extra bases. Lee’s tumbling catch helped Webb get through eight innings for the second consecutive start and lead the Giants to a 5-1 win that denied the Cubs a three-game sweep in Sunday afternoon’s series finale at Oracle Park. “No matter how that play goes, it’s a phenomenal outing for Webby,” Vitello said. “But Jung Hoo kind of put an exclamation point on it.” Webb looked amazed after watching Lee pull off the run-saving play, thrusting his arms in the air while soaking in the impromptu “Jung Hoo Lee!” chants from the crowd. “It was almost a terrible decision,” Webb said of Vitello’s willingness to leave him in the game. “Thankfully Jungy caught that ball. I always want to stay out there. I’m happy I was able to get out of it.” Lee sustained a season-ending left shoulder injury when he crashed into the center-field wall while attempting to make a catch during his rookie season in 2024, so he admitted that his body sometimes gets “a little cold” when he needs to make plays up against the fence. Still, he brushed those anxieties aside and went after the ball fearlessly because he was determined to back up Webb. “I just knew that Webby wanted to finish the inning bad,” Lee said via interpreter Justin Han. “I was out there watching him. I wanted to really help out, so I got that catch out there in the outfield.”
