Giants face Dodgers, play medical Whack-a-Mole

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LOS ANGELES - After a 16-inning victory in Miami on Thursday, baseball's Medical Whack-a-Mole Traveling Show rolls into Dodger Stadium. One injury disappears, another pops up. Whack that one down with the mallet, and here comes another.

Evan Longoria went on the disabled list Friday and will learn through a visit with hand specialist Dr. Stephen Shin whether he needs surgery to stabilize his broken left pinkie, as Madison Bumgarner did, and his prognosis for recovery. Brandon Belt is expected to return from his appendectomy two weeks after his emergency surgery and a few days earlier than expected because,…