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.

SAN FRANCISCO — Ace pitcher Logan Webb took the brunt of the punishment Wednesday as the Giants fell 8-4 to the Kansas City Royals to conclude a nine-game homestand.

Logan Webb will hope to prolong the Kansas City Royals' offensive slump and earn the San Francisco Giants their sixth win to close a nine-game homestand when he takes the mound on Wednesday afternoon.