"Manager Bruce Bochy on Tuesday acknowledged that third baseman Pablo Sandoval might need surgery after the season to repair the left shoulder he strained while swinging the bat in Atlanta last month.

Sandoval still cannot hit right-handed and did not start Tuesday night's game against the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw. Sandoval struck out in a pinch-hitting appearance in the eighth against right-handed reliever Kenley Jensen and stayed in the game to play third. Another left-hander, Dana Eveland, pitches for Los Angeles tonight. That leaves the Giants without one of their two big hitters in one, perhaps two, critical games."