SAN FRANCISCO -- Logan Webb hasn’t been known as a premier strikeout artist for most of his career, but he’s taken a hard swerve in that direction this year.

The two-time All-Star struck out seven over six innings in the Giants’ 11-5 series-opening win over the D-backs at Oracle Park on Monday night, securing the first 200-strikeout campaign of his seven-year career in the big leagues.

Jung Hoo Lee, Dominic Smith, Heliot Ramos, Matt Chapman and Patrick Bailey each homered to back Webb and power the Giants (73-71) to their 12th victory in their last 15 games, bringing San Francisco within three games of the Mets for the third and final National League Wild Card spot with 18 games left to play. (New York holds the tiebreaker, so the deficit is technically four games.)

Webb struck ou

See Full Page