Giants unsure if Span will need to go on DL

Giants unsure if Span will need to go on DL DENVER — Center fielder Denard Span was happy Sunday that he could move his arm around and take his own shirt off. Span said he sprained the sternoclavicular joint near his right collarbone when he crashed into the center-field wall Saturday night while catching a Charlie Blackmon drive. Span said when he hit the wall his mind had a “quick flash” to Jarrett Parker’s collarbone fracture, but then I realized I wasn’t in as much pain as he seemed to be. Asked who his backup center fielder was, manager Bruce Bochy said, “I guess it’s (Hunter) Pence.” Bochy said the Giants are not going to wait long to decide whether to place Span on the 10-day disabled list. The most likely candidate is former Rockie and Red Drew Stubbs, who is not much of a hitter (despite homering in each of the past two games for Sacramento) but plays center. Mac Williamson and Michael Morse have just started to play at Sacramento while rehabbing leg injuries. The Giants will not bring either up until they are what Bochy termed “major-league ready.” Brandon Belt played left field, using a glove he borrowed from coach Chad Chop, who got it as a gift from Tim Lincecum. For the final two innings, Belt moved to right, where he previously had one inning of big-league time. … Nick Hundley, who has started just nine of their 17 games, leads the team with seven doubles. Bochy hopes to keep Hundley’s bat in the lineup against the three lefties who will start for the Dodgers, perhaps at first base. The Giants begin their season series against the Dodgers having won both the 2015 and 2016 series 11-8.