DENVER - The Giants received favorable news on Buster Posey, who hurt his left ankle on Thursday night’s home-run swing and exited after jogging around the bases.
The catcher is available to pinch hit Friday night and could return to the lineup Saturday.
“Oh, I don’t know if we could’ve gotten better news,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “I thought it was going to be quite a while.”
At first, that was the fear. It was the same ankle that was surgically repaired in 2011. By the end of Thursday’s game, after getting treatment, Posey was feeling much better.