Long Ball Kills Giants in 7-1 Loss

Tim Lincecum’s starts have been everything but Cy Young type starts this season. And that trend continued on Sunday night, as he put himself in a hole early and ultimately put the Giants in a hole that they couldn’t climb out of, losing 7-1.

The first inning has been a cause for concern for Lincecum in all of his starts this season. That trend also continued on Sunday. He walked speedster Michael Bourn, surrendered a single to Jason Heyward, and walked Freddie Freeman to create a mess. Martin Prado grounded out but got the Braves first run home. Then, Brian McCann blooped an RBI single into shallow centerfield to extend their lead to two.

Meanwhile, the Giants’ offense was silenced by Tim Hudson who had excellent command of his pitches. Inducing ground ball out after ground ball out, he took a shutout into the seventh inning. San Francisco loaded the bases, but only collected one run on Brandon Crawford’s sacrifice fly.

The Braves smacked three home runs in total off the Giants. Two came in the ninth inning off the bats of Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman. The other long ball came from Juan Francisco.

The Giants have now lost two in a row after running off five straight. However, their lead in the N.L West is still two.

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