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"Ryan Vogelsong finally has a target date to rejoin the rotation: Aug. 9, which would be just short of the 12 weeks he was supposed to miss after surgery to repair the right hand he broke swinging at a pitch May 20. Vogelsong threw 62 pitches in the bullpen in Arizona during the All-Star break and will face hitters for the first time Saturday. Then he would pitch once or twice for Class A San Jose to begin a rehab assignment. When the Giants visit Philadelphia and Tampa Bay the week of July 29, Vogelsong would pitch once or twice for Double-A Richmond, Va., probably July 30 and Aug. 4. If all goes well, he could be activated as early as five days later. All of that, of course, depends on how he feels and throws. \"I've got to go through it and make sure I can bounce back,\" Vogelsong said. \"I'm assuming everything will go well. It's getting better every time (I throw). The timing is coming back. The pitches feel better coming out of my hand, and my mechanics are coming back.\" Manager Bruce Bochy said Vogelsong needs to reach about 80 pitches in a start before he is activated. \"We're going to make sure he's ready,\" Bochy said, adding that Vogelsong will rejoin the rotation, not pitch in relief. Starter talk: Bochy said left-hander Eric Surkamp did not eliminate himself from a potential start for the Giants in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Reds when he was shelled for six runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings in Fresno's game against Tacoma on Thursday night. \"It didn't knock him out, but something like that makes you huddle up again,\" Bochy said, in language that made it sound like Surkamp was the front-runner for Tuesday. Mike Kickham is the other realistic possibility. Dad talk: Jeff Francoeur and Sandy Rosario both became fathers of little girls during the break. Rosario's child is his third. Francoeur's is his first, and he said, \"She looks like her mother, thank God. She doesn't have my nose. That's all I cared about.\" Giants on deck Saturday vs. Diamondbacks 6:05 p.m. CSNBA Miley (6-7) vs. Cain (5-6) Sunday vs. Diamondbacks 1:05 p.m. CSNBA Delgado (1-3) vs. Bumgarner (10-5) Monday vs. Reds 7:15 p.m. CSNBA Arroyo (8-7) vs. Lincecum (5-9) Leading off Honoring Simmons: Lon Simmons flew from Hawaii on his 90th birthday to throw the ceremonial first pitch. Asked how long he was going to be here, he joked, \"I used to be confident I knew the answer to that.\" - Henry Schulman Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer."
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