Giants Baseball: Why Tim Lincecum has Been Amazing in 2011
We all know the Giants score few runs and give up few runs. It's the way things work in San Francisco. And Tim Lincecum isn't happy with it.
Lincecum is pitching very well for San Francisco. He has a 2.46 ERA, 189 strikeouts, and just 49 earned runs allowed in 179 innings pitched.
But his record? 12-10.
How can someone that good have a losing record. Lincecum has lost 1-0, 2-1, 3-0, you name it. He has pitched well in all but one start. Yet he has just twelve wins to show.
On Wednesday night, Lincecum allowed just one run in eight innings, and he only got two runs of support. Yes, he got win number twelve, but hardly any support.
The only time Timmy got lucky to come away with a win was after giving up three runs in seven innings and winning thanks to Brandon Crawford's grand slam. He's gotten unlucky to win many more times.
Forget the win-loss record, and Tim Lincecum is among the best in baseball. He still is, as his ERA has dropped lower then Ryan Vogelsong's. On the ERA charts, Lincecum and Vogelsong rank second and third, respectively.
Lincecum has dropped his ERA from 3.14 to 2.46 during his streak of nine quality starts, starting Saturday, July 9 against the Mets and still going through Wednesday.
His record is a respectable 6-3, but it would've been 5-3 without an RBI single from Lincecum on Wednesday night, in their 2-1 win. It was the first one-run Giants win since July 27.
Lincecum has lowered his ERA every start, but hasn't always gotten the win. Carlos Beltran helped him in his third at-bat since returning to the DL, hitting a home run into the right field bleachers.
While Lincecum hasn't thrown a complete game (he has struggled to keep his pitch count down in early innings), he has finished the seventh six times in his last seven starts, including each August start.
Just like Brian Wilson, Lincecum has wiggled in and out of jams, but he has used the strikeout to help him bear down. In some games, he fans twelve, and others, he strikes out just one.
Whatever his strategy, whatever he's throwing, however he gets you, nobody wants to face the Freak. And if you draw the short straw and strike out (like so many others), just remember; this kid is good.
Lincecum is pitching very well for San Francisco. He has a 2.46 ERA, 189 strikeouts, and just 49 earned runs allowed in 179 innings pitched.
But his record? 12-10.
How can someone that good have a losing record. Lincecum has lost 1-0, 2-1, 3-0, you name it. He has pitched well in all but one start. Yet he has just twelve wins to show.
On Wednesday night, Lincecum allowed just one run in eight innings, and he only got two runs of support. Yes, he got win number twelve, but hardly any support.
The only time Timmy got lucky to come away with a win was after giving up three runs in seven innings and winning thanks to Brandon Crawford's grand slam. He's gotten unlucky to win many more times.
Forget the win-loss record, and Tim Lincecum is among the best in baseball. He still is, as his ERA has dropped lower then Ryan Vogelsong's. On the ERA charts, Lincecum and Vogelsong rank second and third, respectively.
Lincecum has dropped his ERA from 3.14 to 2.46 during his streak of nine quality starts, starting Saturday, July 9 against the Mets and still going through Wednesday.
His record is a respectable 6-3, but it would've been 5-3 without an RBI single from Lincecum on Wednesday night, in their 2-1 win. It was the first one-run Giants win since July 27.
Lincecum has lowered his ERA every start, but hasn't always gotten the win. Carlos Beltran helped him in his third at-bat since returning to the DL, hitting a home run into the right field bleachers.
While Lincecum hasn't thrown a complete game (he has struggled to keep his pitch count down in early innings), he has finished the seventh six times in his last seven starts, including each August start.
Just like Brian Wilson, Lincecum has wiggled in and out of jams, but he has used the strikeout to help him bear down. In some games, he fans twelve, and others, he strikes out just one.
Whatever his strategy, whatever he's throwing, however he gets you, nobody wants to face the Freak. And if you draw the short straw and strike out (like so many others), just remember; this kid is good.
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