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McCray is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Cardinals, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports. McCray will be on the bench for the series opener after going 1-for-13 with seven strikeouts during the Giants' three-game series against the Diamondbacks earlier in the week. Heliot Ramos, Mike Yastrzemski and Jerar Encarnacion will man the outfield for San Francisco.
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McCray went 2-for-2 with two walks, three runs scored and a pair of stolen bases in Tuesday's 10-0 win over the Orioles. McCray reached base in all four of his plate appearances Tuesday while recording his fourth and fifth stolen bases of the season. The 23-year-old outfielder had gone just 2-for-21 in his previous seven games while playing a part-time role in San Francisco. Overall, McCray's slashing .239/.280/.466 with five homers, nine RBI and 10 runs scored through his first 93 plate appearances in the big leagues.
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McCray is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. It's the second straight game on the bench for McCray, who went 5-for-30 with 11 strikeouts while starting the previous eight contests. Mike Yastrzemski will shift to center field Sunday, opening up right for Jerar Encarnacion.
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McCray isn't in the Giants' lineup for Saturday's game against San Diego, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports. McCray will get a chance to regroup Saturday after going 1-for-20 with 10 strikeouts over his last five games. While he rests, Michael Conforto, Heliot Ramos and Mark Canha will start across San Francisco's outfield.
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McCray went 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in Saturday's win over the Padres. McCray gave San Francisco the lead with a three-run blast off Dylan Cease in the top of the second and later added a second long ball to increase the lead to three runs. It marked the rookie outfielder's first multi-homer game of his big-league career, and he's now recorded multiple hits in back-to-back contests. His five RBI on the night also marked a career high, and he's now batting .313 (5-for-16) in September with three extra-base hits, five RBI and two runs scored. Furthermore, McCray has cut down on his strikeouts to open this month, striking out only four times through five games thus far after going down on strikes twice in four consecutive games to wrap up the month of August.