Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants was recently sidelined due to a sore back. Having not pitched since September 3rd, Lincecum returned on Monday and dominated the Colorado Rockies.
In seven innings, Lincecum gave up only six hits one one earned run while striking out 11 batters. His record on the season improved to 14-5, while his ERA was lowered to 2.30. Lincecum got more than enough support as the Giants beat the Rockies by a final count of 9-1.
Most of the runs were produced by Eugenia Velez and Bengie Molina. Velez had a sacrifice fly in the second inning …read more

Going up against possibly NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants, Pedro Martinez looked like the old Pedro Martinez who used to dominate batters. Riding Martinez’s performance, the Philadelphia Phillies were able to beat the Giants by a final count of 2-1.
In seven innings, Martinez gave up only five hits and one earned run while striking out nine and walking no one. With the win, he upped his record on the season to 3-0 and lowered his ERA to 3.52.
Lincecum was hardly disappointing. In his seven innings of work, he gave up four hits, two …read more

Last season, Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won the National League Cy Young Award. This season, Lincecum has two very rough outing to his credit. On Sunday, he registered the loss as the Giants fell to the San Diego Padres by a final count of 6-1.
Against the Padres, Lincecum went 5.1 innings while allowing four earned runs, three walks and a career-high 10 hits. In his first start of the season, Lincecum gave up three earned runs in three innings against the Milwaukee Brewers. His ERA on the 2009 baseball season is now 7.56.
Last season, the 23-year-old had …read more