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Adames, Ramos hit homers, McDonald strikes out 10 in Giants' 6-3 win over Rockies

Willy Adames and Heliot Ramos hit home runs, and Trevor McDonald struck out 10 batters in seven innings to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 • Associated Press

Diamondbacks waste 9 innings of 1-hit ball by Brandon Pfaadt, lose 5-1 in 11 innings to Giants

Christian Koss hit a two-run double in a five-run 11th inning, and the San Francisco Giants spoiled a nine-inning, one-hit start by Arizona’s Brandon Pfaadt, beating the Diamondbac...

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 • Associated Press

Patrick Bailey's game-ending grand slam sends surging Giants past first-place Dodgers, 5-1

Patrick Bailey hit a game-ending grand slam with one out in the 10th inning, sending the San Francisco Giants past the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 to boost their posit...

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 • Associated Press

Back with MLB club The Giants recalled McCray from Triple-A Sacramento on Monday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Impact McCray appeared in 10 games for San Francisco last month and slashed just .100/.100/.200 with a 0:10 BB:K across 21 plate appearances. He owns a .746 OPS with 15 home runs, 71 RBI, 73 runs scored and 27 stolen bases with Sacramento this season.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Summoned from Triple-A The Giants recalled McCray from Triple-A Sacramento on Monday.

Impact McCray appeared in 10 games for San Francisco last month and slashed just .100/.100/.200 with a 0:10 BB:K across 21 plate appearances. He owns a .746 OPS with 15 home runs and 27 stolen bases over 510 plate appearances with Sacramento this season.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Optioned to Triple-A The Giants optioned McCray to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.

Impact McCray is just 2-for-20 with 10 strikeouts for the Giants this season and hadn't been playing much. His roster spot will be taken by Luis Matos.

AUGUST 21, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Losing starts to Drew Gilbert McCray is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.

Impact McCray enjoyed a brief run as a strong-side platoon player after being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 1, but he appears to have since moved into a fourth-outfielder role. Drew Gilbert will get a third straight start Sunday and has seemingly taken over for McCray as the Giants' primary right fielder.

AUGUST 10, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Losing starts to Gilbert McCray is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.

Impact McCray enjoyed a brief run as a strong-side platoon player after being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 1, but he appears to have moved into a bench role. Drew Gilbert will get a third straight start Sunday and has seemingly taken over as the Giants' primary right fielder.

AUGUST 10, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Hitting bench Wednesday McCray is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Impact After making three straight starts against right-handed pitching, the left-handed-hitting McCray took a seat in Tuesday's 8-1 win while the Pirates sent righty Mike Burrows to the hill. Jerar Encarnacion started in right field in McCray's stead and went 1-for-5 with a solo home run, and will now stick in the lineup for a second straight contest while southpaw Andrew Heaney takes the mound for Pittsburgh. McCray has gone just 2-for-13 with eight strikeouts since getting called up from Triple-A Sacramento, so it wouldn't be surprising if he lost hold of a strong-side platoon role and ceded regular duties in right field to Encarnacion.

AUGUST 6, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Hitting bench Wednesday McCray is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

AUGUST 6, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Getting regular starts vs. RHPs McCray will start in right field and bat ninth in Monday's game against the Pirates, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Impact The left-handed-hitting McCray will be awarded a third straight start -- all against right-handed pitching -- after he went 2-for-9 with a triple, an RBI and a run in the Giants' three-game series versus the Mets over the weekend. After trading Mike Yastrzemski to the Royals on Thursday, the Giants appear to be giving McCray a look as a strong-side platoon player in right field, but McCray will likely need to raise his performance in his subsequent starts in order to hold off Jerar Encarnacion for playing time versus righties.

AUGUST 4, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Getting regular starts vs. RHPs McCray will start in right field and bat ninth in Monday's game against the Pirates, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

AUGUST 4, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Pete Alonso hits 250th homer in the Mets' 12-6 victory over the Giants

Pete Alonso hit his 250th career homer, Francisco Lindor drove in four runs and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 12-6 on Saturday to end a four-game losing streak

AUGUST 2, 2025 • Associated Press

Called up by San Francisco The Giants recalled McCray from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday.

Impact McCray has spent the entire 2025 season in Triple-A, where he is slashing .260/.338/.429 with 26 steals, five triples, 14 home runs and 63 RBI in 468 plate appearances. He appeared in 37 regular-season games for the Giants in 2024 and finished with a .617 OPS with five steals, five homers and 10 RBI in 130 plate appearances. McCray should see some starts in the outfield after the Giants traded Mike Yastrzemski to the Royals on Thursday and with Jerar Encarnacion (oblique) still on the 10-day IL.

AUGUST 1, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Falls short of roster spot The Giants optioned McCray to Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday.

Impact McCray had a shot to be the team's Opening Day center fielder if Jung Hoo Lee (back) wasn't ready, but Lee is healthy now and McCray will begin the year in the minors. He collected a .617 OPS across 37 contests for the Giants last season.

MARCH 26, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Could start in center field The Giants will likely turn to McCray if Jung Hoo Lee (back) begins the season on the injured list, Maria Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Impact The club is expected to work Lee back into the lineup before Opening Day, but McCray could step into center field if Lee misses time in the regular season. McCray is hitting .275 with one home run, four RBI and a team-best four steals in 22 Cactus League appearances. The 24-year-old has been focusing on making consistent contact this spring after striking out in 56 of his 130 plate appearances last season. "I can't say I expected him to be in the big leagues last year, and then he had a stretch where he was really good," manager Bob Melvin said earlier this spring. "Hitting homers, playing great defense, making good throws. And then the strikeouts kind of accumulated a little bit. He knows. That's what he's working on this spring."

MARCH 19, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Giants' Grant McCray has the speed, but getting on base is a work in progress Grant McCray has all the speed the San Francisco Giants could ask for. But he must put the ball in play more often in order to make the Open...

MARCH 11, 2025 • SFCHRONICLE.COM

Called home: Giants' Grant McCray deeply saddened by the death of Rickey Henderson McCray looked forward to meeting Henderson this spring: "Just getting that knowledge from him would've been incredible."

MARCH 2, 2025 • NYTIMES.COM

Sitting Friday McCray is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Cardinals, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Impact 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.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Two hits, two steals in win 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.

Impact 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.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

On bench again Sunday McCray is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Impact 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.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Getting breather Saturday McCray isn't in the Giants' lineup for Saturday's game against San Diego, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Impact 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.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Clubs two homers in win McCray went 2-for-4 with two homers and five RBI in Saturday's win over the Padres.

Impact 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.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Grant McCray shines as Giants sink Padres Rookie Grant McCray homered twice and knocked in five runs on Saturday night as the visiting San Francisco Giants posted a 6-3 win over the...

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Rookie outfielder McCray homers twice and drives in 5 runs as the Giants beat the Padres 6-3

San Francisco rookie Grant McCray homered twice and drove in five runs as the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 6-3

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 • Associated Press

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Adames, Ramos hit homers, McDonald strikes out 10 in Giants' 6-3 win over Rockies

Diamondbacks waste 9 innings of 1-hit ball by Brandon Pfaadt, lose 5-1 in 11 innings to Giants

Patrick Bailey's game-ending grand slam sends surging Giants past first-place Dodgers, 5-1

Pete Alonso hits 250th homer in the Mets' 12-6 victory over the Giants

Rookie outfielder McCray homers twice and drives in 5 runs as the Giants beat the Padres 6-3