Cueto says he’ll likely return after Giants close with win

Johnny Cueto said publicly Sunday what neither he nor his agent had told the San Francisco Giants yet. Cueto struggled in the season finale, but Pablo Sandoval hit a game-ending solo homer with one out in the ninth inning, lifting the Giants over the San Diego Padres 5-4. ''I don't know, maybe, I mean I'm sure I will,'' come back next year, Cueto said through a translator after a rocky outing in which he allowed four runs and 12 hits in five innings.