Giants 1B Brandon Belt fractures thumb on HBP

A week from the start of the postseason, the San Francisco Giants were dealt a significant injury blow Monday after an X-ray revealed a fracture in the left thumb of first baseman Brandon Belt.

Belt was hit in the hand while squaring to bunt a 93 mph Lucas Gilbreath fastball during the seventh inning of the Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday in Denver. He exited in the bottom of the inning, and San Franc