Mauga, a key backup and special teams performer, missed 11 games last season with a torn pectoral muscle and was a restricted free agent.

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But the pre-season games pull the starters after a few series, and backup young players substitute for them.

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Cruz made just his second start of the season and first since April 19 at the backup catcher behind Molina, who was 0 for 11 the previous three games.

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