SAN FRANCISCO — The San Diego Padres will have to go without one of their big guns, at least for starters, when they seek a third consecutive win against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Hector Sanchez, who homered for the fourth time in five games against the Giants this season in Friday night’s 12-9 win, will sit for the start of Saturday’s afternoon affair after catching the first 10 of the victory’s 11 innings.
“I’m careful with Hector,” Padres manager Andy Green said after the four-hour, 46-minute marathon. “You have to be careful with those (past) concussions, and he took another shot tonight.