Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Idle for Game 2 of doubleheader
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Cavanaugh is not in the Giants' starting lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Diamondbacks.
Cavanaugh got the start in the first game, going 0-for-3 with a strikeout in a 7-1 loss to Arizona. He'll be on the bench for Game 2 while Andrew Knizner starts behind home plate and bats sixth while forming a battery with Yunior Marte, the latter of whom is making his major-league debut.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Sitting Friday
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Cavanaugh is not in the Giants' starting lineup against the Diamondbacks on Friday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The lefty-hitting Cavanaugh will be on the bench for Friday's game while the Diamondbacks send southpaw Kohl Drake to the mound. Andrew Knizner will start behind home plate and bat out of the cleanup spot while forming a battery with Giants right-hander Blade Tidwell.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Taking seat against lefty
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Cavanaugh is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
With southpaw Nick Lodolo toeing the rubber for the Reds, Cavanaugh will head to the bench along with fellow left-handed batters Nate Furman, Jung Hoo Lee (elbow) and Drew Gilbert. Andrew Knizner will get the nod at catcher in place of Cavanaugh, who started behind the dish for the first two contests of the series and went 4-for-7 with a walk and two RBI.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Perfect at plate Tuesday
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Cavanaugh went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Reds.
Cavanaugh's two-run single in the first inning was ultimately all the offense the Giants needed to get this win. The catcher has had a few encouraging games this month, logging multiple hits in four of 14 contests in August, but he also has a 4:12 BB:K in that span. For the season, he's batting .253 with a .616 OPS, no home runs, seven RBI, five runs scored, one double and one stolen base over 107 plate appearances.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Resting up Sunday
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Cavanaugh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
The left-handed-hitting Cavanaugh will be on the bench for a second straight day while the Red Sox send southpaw Jake Bennett to the bump for the series finale. Andrew Knizner will handle the catching duties for the Giants.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Stepping into starting role
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Cavanaugh is expected to serve as San Francisco's starting catcher for the foreseeable future after Daniel Susac was diagnosed with a left knee patella fracture Monday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Pavlovic notes that the Giants are in the process of calling up a backup catcher ahead of Monday's clash against Houston, and the team is also looking to acquire a veteran backstop to help out the rest of the way. However, there's a good chance that Cavanaugh will remain the team's starting catcher through the final few months of the 2026 season. The 24-year-old is batting .250 with one extra-base hit, three RBI and three runs scored in 22 games since July 1.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Multi-hit effort in loss
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Cavanaugh went 2-for-2 with two walks and a run scored in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Angels.
Cavanaugh hit a leadoff single in the third inning and added another base hit in the seventh. Additionally, he drew a walk in the ninth before coming around to score San Francisco's final run. The 24-year-old catcher has recorded at least one plate appearance in four straight games and continues to split playing time with Daniel Susac. Cavanaugh is now slashing .262/.392/.262 with three runs scored and two RBI across 53 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Back in starting nine Sunday
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Cavanaugh (illness) will start at catcher and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Angels.
Daniel Susac started behind the plate in the first two contests of the series, after Cavanaugh was scratched ahead of Friday's 7-6 win due to an illness. Cavanaugh felt well enough to make a pinch-hitting appearance in Saturday's 9-2 win, and he'll now draw back into the starting nine while Susac rests for the series finale.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Scratched with illness
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Cavanaugh was scratched from the lineup for Friday's game against the Angels due to an illness, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Cavanaugh was originally set to make a second consecutive start behind the plate Friday, but he'll instead take a day off to recover from his illness. Daniel Susac will fill in as San Francisco's catcher and bat ninth.
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Giants' Drew Cavanaugh: Fifth straight start versus righty
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Cavanaugh will start at catcher and bat ninth in Friday's game versus the Rockies.
The Giants have faced five right-handed pitchers since Cavanaugh's promotion last week, and the lefty-swinging catcher has started all of them. Righty hitter Eric Haase has started both contests against lefties during that span, and it appears the two backstops will form a strict platoon while Daniel Susac (back) is shelved.
