Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Keys to The Streak™: Tim

The Streak™ is the product of many impressive contributions from the National League's best pitching staff. As always, a conversation about Giants pitching starts with The Freak. Not surprisingly, Lincecum lived up to his billing as the "Ace." During the 26.2 inning stretch, Tim collected 32 strikeouts while giving up 3 walks. Opponents hit .202 and slugged .303. Not bad, huh? Remember that Tim had just suffered through a frightening August, so this stretch was especially significant to the team's immediate future. The other noteworthy aspect of these starts seems to be the regular appearance of Tim's newest weapon: a slider. He may have thrown it earlier, but this was when the radio boys began talking it up.
                                                          

Date Opp Rslt Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit GSc

Sep 7 ARI W6-3 W(13-9) 6.2 5 3 3 0 11 1 3.69 25 94 63

Sep 12 SDP W6-1 W(14-9) 7.0 7 1 1 1 9 0 3.60 29 109 67

Sep 18 MIL L1-2 L(14-10) 5.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 3.60 23 72 48

Sep 24 COL W2-1 W(15-10) 8.0 2 1 1 0 9 0 3.51 26 106 83



Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/8/2011.

1 comment:

M.C. O'Connor said...

Best pitcher. Best team.

Coincidence?

I think not.