SAN FRANCISCO - Giants right-hander Tim Hudson has undergone surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle, the same one he injured during the 2013 season with Atlanta that sidelined him for the final two months. Mike Gesicki Jersey .The expected recovery is eight weeks, and the defending World Series champions expect him to be ready by opening day.Hudson hopes its much sooner — sometime during spring training. Giants pitchers and catchers report to spring training Feb. 18, with the first workout a day later.Recovering well, Hudson said by text message Tuesday. I feel very confident about being ready in time for spring.San Francisco assistant general manager Bobby Evans said Tuesday that Hudson had the procedure Friday. The 39-year-old pitcher has said the 2015 season will likely be his final year playing. He signed a $23 million, two-year contract before last season, when he reached and won the first World Series of his 16-year career.Tim started experiencing increased discomfort as he was ramping up his off-season work outs and we decided it was best to take care of this now so he doesnt have to deal with this during the upcoming season, Evans said. We expect Tim to be ready to go opening day.Hudson started Game 7 of the World Series at Kansas City before Jeremy Affeldt and Madison Bumgarner took over to close out the teams third championship in five years.While Hudson posted his first losing record this year at 9-13 with a 3.57 ERA, he provided a key veteran presence in the rotation, became an All-Star for the fourth time and returned from the serious ankle injury to make 31 starts over 189 1-3 innings.Hudson, with 214 career wins, said in November during a charity event at Auburn that winning the World Series brings some solid closure to it.In 2013, Hudson was 8-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 21 starts for the Braves before getting hurt and undergoing surgery for a broken right ankle. Hudsons season ended on July 24 that year in New York when the Mets Eric Young Jr. inadvertently stepped on the back of his lower right leg while Hudson covered first base.Hudson will be part of a talented rotation featuring Bumgarner, Jake Peavy, Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, who is working back from elbow surgery that cut short his 2014 season. Robert Quinn Jersey .1 Sam Stosur will meet Germanys second-ranked player Andrea Petkovic in the opening match of the Fed Cup World Group semifinal. Matt Haack Jersey . An in-person hearing allows for Garbutt to be suspended for five games or longer as per the leagues Collective Bargaining Agreement. 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McDaniels had 16 points off the bench to lead the Sixers, who have lost six in a row since a 96-81 win over New Orleans at home on Jan. 16, in which they went nearly two quarters without a turnover and led by as much as 19 points. The Pelicans played that game without Davis and point guard Jrue Holiday, the former Sixer who remains sidelined with a stress reaction in his lower right leg. Davis scored 13 points in the first quarter of this one and thee Pelicans used a 10-2 run to take a 30-19 lead into the second. Reshad Jones Jersey. . McDaniels opened a 14-3 Philadelphia run in the second quarter with a 3 and had five points during the flurry, which got the Sixers within 34-33. But the Pelicans used a 14-4 burst later in the quarter to stretch a three-point lead to 13 and had a 52-43 advantage at halftime behind Davis 19 points. Davis scored 13 more in the third quarter, including a jumper to spark a quick 8-1 spurt to start the second half which pushed New Orleans lead to 16. It got only as close as eight points after that and was as high as 25 near the end of the third. The Pelicans led 85-62 going into the fourth. Game Notes With Sixers point guard Michael Carter-Williams out with an upper-respiratory infection, Larry Drew II scored four points in his first career NBA start. Henry Sims and Luc Mbah a Moute scored 14 points apiece for Philadelphia ... Tyreke Evans had 12 assists for the Pelicans and Davis finished with four blocks ... The Sixers host Detroit on Wednesday ... The Pelicans continue a six-game homestand on Wednesday against Denver. 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