In the third game of this spectacular streak, Tim Lincecum took the mound (
Sept. 7, Chase Field, Phoenix). Normally this would be a reason for great confidence, but, remember this is early September, just his second start after an hellacious August. Of course, any "freak doubters" were quickly silenced as Tim ripped off six nearly unhittable innings. That put the impressive scoreless streak at 31 innings...then the wheels came off: a homer, 2 triples and a single...3 runs sandwiched around a couple strikeouts. He had a six run lead at the time (Huff, Burrell and Sanchez all homered) so the outburst did not affect the result, but it did give Javier Lopez a chance to shine. Four outs on ten pitches...that was the day I fell in love with him.
Interesting note about Tim: Right about this time is when Tim apparently starts using a slider, sometimes in big situations.
Take a look for yourself, can you see any sliders yet?
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str
Tim Lincecum W (13-9) 6.2 5 3 3 0 11 1 3.69 25 94 68
Javier Lopez H (8) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.30 4 10 7
Sergio Romo H (15) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.50 2 9 6
Jeremy Affeldt S (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.23 1 2 1
Team Totals 9 6 3 3 0 12 1 3.00 32 115 82
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 1/23/2011.
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Tim was awesome. I remember our huge relief at seeing him be filthy again. Giving up a few homers in Arizona is no big deal, it is a goofball park and they had a free-swinging power-hitting lineup.
I'm glad you had this idea of reliving the 18-game streak!
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