SAN DIEGO -- Giants third baseman Evan Longoria was out of the starting lineup Sunday for the series finale against the Padres at Petco Park with a sore left calf, but manager Bruce Bochy said he expects the 33-year-old veteran to return to action on Monday.

Longoria departed in the sixth inning Saturday after fouling a ball off his calf. Bochy said the decision was more of a precautionary move.

“He’s fine,” Bochy said Sunday. “I just checked on him again. He’s available to pinch-hit, play, whatever we need him for. He’s going to be off today from starting, but he is available. I expect him to play tomorrow and be 100 percent. He’s actually doing quite well.”

With Longoria out, Pablo Sandoval made his first start of the season at third base. Catcher Buster Posey also received a scheduled day off on Sunday.

Joe, Reed get breathers
Outfielders Connor Joe and Michael Reed, who have combined to go 0-for-14 with nine strikeouts over their first three games with the Giants, also sat out Sunday. Veterans Yangervis Solarte and Gerardo Parra started in the corner outfield spots in their place.

Bochy said he talked to Reed on Saturday to try to get him to “calm down a little bit.” Joe and Reed were both acquired in the final week of Spring Training and are still in the process of acclimating to the Giants.

“I know the results haven’t been there, but it’s not easy when you come up,” Bochy said. “You’ve got a lot of anxiety sometimes, especially when you’re joining a new team, Opening Day. I’m sure a lot has been going through them. We’ll try to get them settled in.”

Lefties galore
After facing a trio of left-handers in their first three games of the season, the Giants finally drew a right-hander Sunday, Padres prospect Chris Paddack. They’ll face another pair of lefties in their upcoming series against the Dodgers, as Julio Urias and Hyun-Jin Ryu are scheduled to pitch on Monday and Tuesday.

The abundance of lefty starters in the National League West figures to pose a challenge for the Giants’ lineup, which skews heavily left-handed. Through their first three games, the Giants managed to score just one run over 16 1/3 innings against Padres starters Eric Lauer, Joey Lucchesi and Nick Margevicius.

“There’s a lot more left-handers than I’ve ever seen in a division,” Bochy said. “There’s really no reason for that, except that it just happens to run in cycles, I think. You look at our team, we have a lot of left-handers, too, including a couple that we sent to Sacramento. I don’t think it’s by design or anything -- it just so happens we’re in a division loaded with left-handers.”