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Giants' Grant McCray: Sitting Friday
Grant 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 San Francisco 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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Giants' Grant McCray: Two hits, two steals in win
Grant 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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Giants' Grant McCray: On bench again Sunday
Grant 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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Giants' Grant McCray: Getting breather Saturday
Grant McCray isn't in the San Francisco 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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Giants' Grant McCray: Clubs two homers in win
Grant 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.
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Giants' Grant McCray: Posts steal
Grant McCray went 0-for-3 with a stolen base in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks.McCray reached on an error and stole second base in the third inning. After hitting .308 over the first 11 games of his major-league career, McCray has gone 1-for-19 over the last six contests, racking up 10 strikeouts in that span. The outfielder is still seeing regular playing time in center field and sports a .224/.262/.466 slash line over 61 plate appearances while adding three home runs, three steals, four RBI and five runs scored.
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Giants' Grant McCray: Not starting Wednesday
Grant McCray isn't in the San Francisco Giants' lineup for Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.McCray broke his four-game hitless streak with a triple Tuesday, and he'll now get a chance to rest Wednesday as Heliot Ramos, Mike Yastrzemski and Luis Matos start across the Giants' outfield.
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Giants' Grant McCray: Absent from lineup
Grant McCray is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Marlins, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.McCray has gone 0-for-10 with six strikeouts over his last three games, and he will get a breather Saturday. Heliot Ramos, Mike Yastrzemski and Jerar Encarnacion will start in the outfield for the San Francisco Giants.
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Giants' Grant McCray: Homer, steal in win
Grant McCray went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk, a stolen base and two total runs scored in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Brewers.McCray has homered in back-to-back games and has logged both of his steals over the last three contests. The 23-year-old has settled in easily as the San Francisco Giants' starting center fielder, logging four multi-hit effort in 11 games. He's batting .308 with three homers, four RBI, five runs scored and three doubles through 42 plate appearances.
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Giants' Grant McCray: Crushes second homer
Grant McCray went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Sunday against the Mariners.McCray's eighth-inning blast was his second of the season and pulled the San Francisco Giants to within one. The rookie center fielder has shown some pop in his short stint in the majors, posting a .306 average through his first 36 at-bats, with five of those 11 hits going for extra bases.