Completing an unusual infield alignment for the Giants on Saturday was Bochy’s use of starting catcher Buster Posey at first base, in place of Aubrey Huff. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year hadn’t played at first since Aug. 22 at St. Louis, and Bochy said before the season he didn’t plan to use Posey there at all _ preferring to give his catcher a full day off whenever possible.
Posey did play first base regularly when he was called up last May before the Giants traded veteran catcher Bengie Molina to Texas.
Bochy actually had been thinking of putting Sandoval at first on Saturday, with Huff’s batting average at .202.
“Huff needs a day,” Bochy said. “He needs a break, mentally.”
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