​After dropping a 9-3 decision on Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants still had a shot to win the series by splitting the first two games with the Toronto Blue Jays. They appeared to hold an advantageous position with ace Logan Webb, who had just been named to the 2026 MLB All-Star Game, taking the mound. Opposing him was Blue Jays ace Dylan Cease, who, on this day, looked every bit the sharper pitcher.
Instead, the Giants were shut out 10-0 as Cease carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning. Webb took the loss, his seventh of the season. He had entered Wednesday aiming to rebound from a rough July 3 outing in which he lasted only three innings and yielded seven runs, a meltdown that followed a dominant June that earned him National League Pitcher of the Month honors. The struggles reappeared quickly in this game. An RBI single followed by a grand slam gave Toronto an early 5-0 lead before San Francisco could even settle in.
The trouble echoed the issues from Webb’s previous start. An RBI single by Ernie Clement and a single by Nathan Lukes, followed by a walk to George Springer, quickly put pressure on the right-hander. In his prior outing against the Colorado Rockies, Webb had been tagged for 11 hits, including two home runs, by a lineup considered one of the weaker offenses in the NL. The same pattern of hard contact surfaced here, forcing Webb to focus on limiting damage and keeping the Giants within reach.
Credit goes to Webb for recovering after the rocky first inning. He silenced the opposition for the rest of his time on the mound, delivering six scoreless frames after the initial onslaught. Nevertheless, the first frame proved too much to overcome. He completed seven innings, yielding five hits and five earned runs while issuing two walks and recording two strikeouts. His ERA rose from 3.66 to 3.86 as the game progressed.
While Webb found a groove, the Giants’ offense could not solve Cease, who entered the game with a 5-4 record and a 2.79 ERA. Cease has resembled an ace for the Blue Jays, especially after an uneven season with the San Diego Padres last year, and he lived up to that reputation on this afternoon, dominating San Francisco.
Toronto extended its lead in the eighth inning after Webb departed and Spencer Bivens pitched. Following a strikeout of Springer, Bivens allowed a sequence of runners—singles by Daulton Varsho and Kazuma Okamoto, followed by a walk to Alejandro Kirk—to load the bases. Myles Straw then drove in a run on a fielder’s-choice grounder, and Andrés Giménez added an RBI infield single to widen the gap to 7-0.
Cease remained in control through the eighth. Bryce Eldridge led off the inning with a flyout, and both Drew Gilbert and Drew Cavanaugh went down swinging, preserving the no-hitter into the ninth. Ryan Walker took over for the Giants in the ninth, but his season—already challenging—continued to be a struggle as he yielded a two-run homer and contributed to the Blue Jays’ growing cushion.
In the end, Cease’s dominance doomed San Francisco, and Webb’s level of support did not amount to a comeback. The 10-0 result capped a difficult afternoon for the Giants, who could not capitalize on their early momentum or crack Cease’s late-inning racket, and the game underscored the continuing challenges Webb faces in maintaining consistency on the mound while the offense searches for answers against one of the league’s elite pitchers.