Lincecum Fuels 4-1 Win Over Dodgers

Behind Tim Lincecum, the Giants cliched a series win on Tuesday night, beating the Dodgers 4-1.

Lincecum had some of his best stuff on Tuesday. His fastball was clicking as well, hitting 94 MPH occasionally in the early stages of the game. In spite of all the positives, he was taken out with two outs in the sixth inning.

Lincecum put two runners on for Shane Victorino in the sixth. Victorino singled to shallow centerfield where Angel Pagan reared back and fired a one-hop seed to home plate, gunning out A.J. Ellis trying to score from second.

Lincecum wouldn’t escape the inning unscathed. Matt Kemp, who came into the game with 17 strikeouts against Lincecum, hit a booming sacrifice fly to the warning track in right field. Just like that, his night was in numbered.

Lincecum finished with just four strikeouts, and only one walk. He also allowed five hits, over 5 2/3 innings.

Angel Pagan proved to be the cataylst. He stroked three hits including a run and an RBI. Marco Scutaro also picked up two hits and a run to continue his recent hot streak.

Pagan and Scutaro were driven in by Buster Posey in a two-run first inning. Brandon Crawford drove in a run as well on a looper that landed in front of Shane Victorino in left field.

Stripped of his closer duties, Santiago Casilla pitched two perfect frames. And Javier Lopez would slam the door shut on the Dodgers for the second consecutive night.

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