The Giants optioned Matos to Triple-A Sacramento on Monday.
The move makes room on the Giants' roster for top hitting prospect Bryce Eldridge, who will make his major-league debut against the Diamondbacks on Monday. Matos has seen his playing time dip slightly in September, and in seven games since Sept. 2 he has gone 3-for-21 (.143) with three runs and one RBI.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Riding pine Tuesday
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Matos isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against Arizona, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Matos will take a seat for the third time in San Francisco's last five games after going 2-for-13 to begin the month of September. Drew Gilbert will pick up a start in right field as a result and bat eighth.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Heading to bench Sunday
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Matos is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Matos has gone 2-for-12 through three contests in September and will hit the bench Sunday for the second time in the last three games. Drew Gilbert is receiving another start in right field for the Giants in the series finale.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Not starting Friday's game
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Matos is absent from the lineup for Friday's contest in St. Louis.
Matos started the last two games and 12 of the last 13 games, but he will begin Friday's festivities on the bench. Drew Gilbert will draw the start in right field and bat eighth for the Giants in the series opener.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Receiving Monday off
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Matos is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rockies, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Matos will get a well-deserved breather for the series opener in Colorado, after he had started in all 10 of the Giants' games since his Aug. 21 call-up from Triple-A Sacramento. Drew Gilbert will get the nod in right field Monday, but Matos appears to be locked into a near-everyday role after slashing .432/.450/.811 with three home runs and two steals following his promotion.
Matos went 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in Friday's 15-8 win over the Orioles.
Matos had a two-run single in the first inning and a solo homer in the fifth. This was his fifth multi-hit effort over his last eight games since returning to the majors after a nearly three-week stint at Triple-A Sacramento. The hot hitting is helping him claim a starting role for the Giants as their primary right fielder, though he was in left field Friday while Heliot Ramos rested. Matos is now slashing .222/.263/.465 with eight homers, 20 RBI, 22 runs scored and four stolen bases over 152 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Doubles in victory
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Matos went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs.
Matos hit a leadoff double in the fifth inning before coming around to score and tie the game at 2-2. The 23-year-old has been on fire while serving as the Giants' everyday right fielder since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday. Over five games since rejoining the Giants, he's slashing .500/.550/1.111 with six runs scored, three RBI, three doubles, two home runs, two stolen bases and one triple across 20 plate appearances.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Stays hot in victory
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Matos went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Brewers.
Matos launched a two-run homer to left-center field in the second inning, giving the Giants an early 2-0 lead. The 23-year-old outfielder added a single in the ninth before coming around to score the go-ahead run. He's been on fire since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday, going 8-for-15 with five runs scored, two home runs, two doubles, two stolen bases and a triple over his last four appearances. Overall, Matos is slashing .209/.255/.450 with 18 runs scored, 16 RBI, seven homers and four stolen bases across 137 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Staking claim to full-time role
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Matos will start in right field and bat eighth in Sunday's game against the Brewers.
Matos will nab his fourth consecutive start after going 6-for-11 with a solo home run, two doubles, one triple, two walks, two stolen bases and two additional runs over the previous three contests. The 23-year-old appears to have overtaken Drew Gilbert as the Giants' preferred option in right field.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Productive in defeat
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Matos went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a solo home run, a double, a stolen base and a walk in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Brewers.
Matos launched a homer to center field in the second inning, giving the Giants a 2-0 lead. The 23-year-old also lined a double to right field in the ninth, and he has recorded multiple extra-base hits in back-to-back games. He's slashing .190/.234/.421 with 16 runs scored, 14 RBI, six home runs and three stolen bases across 128 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Multi-hit effort in defeat
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Matos went 2-for-4 with a triple, a double and a run scored in Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Padres.
Matos was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday and immediately made an impact in his return to the big leagues. The 23-year-old led off the third inning with a triple and came around to score the Giants' first run before adding a double in the seventh, marking his first game this season with multiple extra-base hits. He's slashing .178/.218/.381 with 14 runs scored, 13 RBI, five home runs and two stolen bases across 124 MLB plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Recalled from Triple-A
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The Giants recalled Matos from Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.
Matos has slashed an ugly .167/.208/.351 in 120 games at the big-league level this season. He's starting in right field in Thursday's game versus the Padres and could see fairly regular reps against left-handed pitching.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Heads back to Triple-A
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The Giants optioned Matos to Triple-A Sacramento on Monday.
Even after the Giants shipped Mike Yastrzemski to the Royals on Thursday, Matos was unable to take control of anything more than a short-side platoon role in the San Francisco outfield. The left-handed-hitting Grant McCray started over Matos in right field in both of the final two games of the weekend series versus the Mets, who sent right-handers to the mound in those contests. Matos should get the chance to play on an everyday basis at Sacramento.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Not in Saturday's lineup
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Matos is absent from Saturday's starting lineup against the Mets.
Matos will be on the bench to begin Saturday's game while Grant McCray starts in right field and bats ninth. Matos is off to a slow start at the dish since the All-Star break, having gone 3-for-20 (.150) with one RBI over eight games.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Forces extras with homer
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Matos went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 5-2 extra-innings loss to the Dodgers.
The Giants struggled to get any offense going until Matos delivered a game-tying homer in the ninth inning off Tanner Scott. The outfielder has gone 4-for-21 (.190) over seven games since returning to the big-league roster July 1 after a month-long stay with Triple-A Sacramento. Matos has struggled to a .172/.214/.387 slash line with five homers, 12 RBI, 11 runs scored and two stolen bases over 98 plate appearances at the big-league level. He will likely continue to serve in a short-side platoon role while in the majors, most often spelling Mike Yastrzemski in right field when the Giants face a southpaw.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Drives in two on Sunday
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Matos went 1-for-5 with a two-RBI double in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Athletics.
Matos cracked a ground-rule double to right-center field in the fifth inning, driving in two runs and giving the club a 5-1 lead. The 23-year-old outfielder has now recorded three doubles in his last four games. Since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento, Matos is slashing .231/.286/.462 with three doubles, two RBI and one run scored across 14 plate appearances. He has started each of the two games against a lefty but has only started one of four games against righties since his most recent promotion.
The Giants recalled Matos from Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
With Christian Koss (hamstring) headed to the injured list, the Giants will turn to Matos to replenish the big club's bench depth. The 23-year-old outfielder owns a .572 OPS in the big leagues this season but has slashed .272/.326/.444 across 89 plate appearances since being sent down to the minors in early June.
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Giants' Luis Matos: Sent down to minors
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The Giants optioned Matos to Triple-A Sacramento on Monday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
The move comes one day after Matos cranked a three-run home run in Sunday's win over the Marlins. He's slashed only .167/.211/.361 in 24 games this season and will look to get into a groove with regular at-bats at Sacramento.
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