SF Giants’ Encarnacion undergoes surgery, estimated to return in eight weeks

CINCINNATI — Jerar Encarnacion’s season debut will be a little later than initially hoped.

The Giants announced prior to Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds that Encarnacion underwent surgery on Friday in Los Angeles to repair his left hand fracture. Encarnacion will be in a split for two weeks, then begin his rehab. Encarnacion is expected to be sidelined eight weeks, longer than the slugger’s initial estimate of four-to-five weeks.

“I think we were always looking at (the recovery being longer)...