[新聞] Lincecum fans 10 as Giants cruise in Miami
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Lincecum fans 10 as Giants cruise in Miami
Ace allows just two hits in seven sharp innings; Keppinger goes deep
By Christina De Nicola / MLB.com | 8/13/2011 11:00 PM ET
MIAMI -- In need of a dominant pitching performance after having lost 11 of
14 games with a struggling offense, San Francisco turned to its two-time Cy
Young Award winner.
Tim Lincecum didn't disappoint Saturday night, tossing seven innings of
two-hit ball as the Giants beat the Marlins, 3-0, in front of 25,013 at Sun
Life Stadium.
Lincecum (11-9), who struck out 10 and threw 119 pitches in his seven
innings, improved to 2-0 in his career against Florida, and snapped the
Giants' five-game losing streak to the Marlins, dating back to last season.
"It gives us something to work off and work with to hopefully get into a
winning streak and lift morale in here," said Lincecum, who now has 31 career
double-digit strikeout games. "Yesterday, I know [Giants manager Bruce] Bochy
came in and told us to stop hanging our heads. This is going to be the
toughest part of the year going into September, so with that we lightened the
mood and tried to go and have some fun."
With seven scoreless innings, Lincecum improved his NL-low road ERA to 1.11.
Over his past seven starts, the right-hander has allowed one run or fewer in
six of them.
Last season in the month of August, Lincecum finished 0-5 with a 7.82 ERA. In
25 1/3 innings, he gave up 23 runs on 33 hits with just 27 strikeouts.
Over the offseason, the 5-foot-11 right-hander bumped his weight up 10-11
pounds to 168 in order to withstand the so-called "Dog Days of Summer."
"I think that's kind of where putting on that weight worked to my benefit,"
Lincecum said. "I know it's not all good weight, but it helps me retain the
water a little bit better, hydrate and I can last a little bit and have a
little more stamina heading into the late innings with the pitch count up."
Jeff Keppinger's homer to left off Javier Vazquez (7-10) gave Lincecum all
the run support he would need with a 1-0 lead in the first.
It marked Keppinger's first long ball with the Giants since being acquired
from the Astros on July 19.
For the second game in a row, San Francisco hit a dinger in the opening
frame. The Giants now have 21 consecutive solo shots, extending their Major
League record.
San Francisco added a run in the fifth on a wild pitch to extend its lead to
2-0.
Nate Schierholtz, in his first game back since Tuesday following a right hip
flexor injury, doubled off the wall in left and moved to third on left
fielder Logan Morrison's throwing error.
Orlando Cabrera popped out to first in foul territory, but on the first pitch
to Aaron Rowand, catcher John Buck couldn't find the ball on a wild pitch as
it reached the backstop, allowing Schierholtz to easily score.
"Kepp got us off to a good start," Schierholtz said. "Hit a home run early,
and we were able to roll after that."
A sliding Morrison dropped Aubrey Huff's two-out RBI double near the
left-field line to give the Giants a 3-0 lead in the sixth.
Cody Ross led off the inning with a single. After consecutive outs, he moved
to second on a wild pitch that came on the first pitch of Huff's at-bat.
"I'll take [a hit] any way I can get it," Huff said. "I'll take any 'W' we
can get. You only need one [run] when [Tim's] pitching like that."
Lincecum worked out of some control issues in the first inning, when he
walked Morrison and hit Mike Stanton with a pitch with two outs. The
right-hander got Greg Dobbs to swing and miss on a high fastball to end the
inning.
Five of Lincecum's first six outs came via the strikeout.
Emilio Bonifacio's leadoff infield single in the third was the first and only
hit off Lincecum until Bryan Petersen's one-out single in the seventh.
The Marlins stranded a runner 90 feet away from home in the third when
Stanton struck out swinging, and another at second in the fifth when a diving
Keppinger snared Alfredo Amezaga's sharp grounder.
Brian Wilson pitched a scoreless ninth for his 35th save, which is second
most in the Majors.
"When you're struggling the way we are, that's what you need," Bochy said of
Lincecum's performance. "You need somebody on the mound who can go out there
and help take care of business. Hopefully we get the team on the winning
track."
Christina De Nicola is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not
subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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