San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Justin Verlander is going on the injured list with pec discomfort retroactive to Sunday, when he made his last start, per manager Bob Melvin.

The Giants really needed that elite Webb in the rubber match against the Royals ahead of a nine-game, three-city road trip. If his newfound strikeout prowess wasn’t going to show up, his ability to induce weak contact and work late into games would work.