Logan Webb had no sympathy for the boobirds on Sunday afternoon.
Webb and the San Francisco Giants completed a rare three-game road sweep of the rival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 7-3 victory Sunday. The right-hander Webb drew the start for San Francisco and went seven strong innings on the afternoon, allowing just two earned runs on eight scattered hits with five strikeouts.
Angry Dodgers fans created a toxic atmosphere during the contest, though. They booed Giants infielder Casey Schmitt, apparently for taking too much time to come out of the game after he was injured on a hit-by-pitch.
The fans also booed during another injury delay, when Giants reliever Scott Alexander exited the contest after apparently hurting his hamstring while covering first base in the ninth inning.
Giants beat writer Danny Emerman of KNBR shared video of some of the booing at Dodger Stadium.
After the game, Webb called out Dodgers fans for their behavior.
“Yeah, I’m not too happy about that, to be honest,” he said, per Emerman.
The boos came as the Dodgers were being thoroughly humiliated at home by their biggest rival all weekend. They were dismantled 15-0 by the Giants on Saturday and blew a 4-0 lead in the seventh inning Friday to lose in extras 7-5. All in all, that was good for a -21 run differential for the Dodgers just this weekend alone.
Dodgers fans aren’t used to these kinds of struggles. The team won a club-record 111 games last season and did not lose their 33rd contest of the season until the end of July. Now, the Dodgers are 39-33, good for third in the NL West behind both the Giants and division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks. The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya notes that the Dodgers haven’t sat in third place this late into the season since 2018.
Still, there is no excuse for fans reacting that way to an opponent’s injuries. This isn’t the first time, either, that the Dodgers fanbase has been accused of breaking an unwritten rule.
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