Cincinnati Reds V. San Francisco Giants MLB Live Streaming with Radio Commentary Espn 360 Gamecast Video Feed Internet tv Power Ranking Ticket Yes Network American National League June 11. Review: No pitcher who's spent the past four seasons solely in the NL has more victories than Tim Lincecum, but there's one senior-circuit team the San Francisco Giants ace has yet to beat.
Lincecum (5-4, 2.85 ERA) has 54 wins since 2008 -- and 61 total in the first four-and-a-half years of his major league career -- as he's earned a pair of Cy Young Awards while turning into a premier strikeout pitcher.
He became the eighth pitcher since 1900 to strike out 1,000 batters in his first five seasons Monday against Washington, but for the second straight start, wasn't at his best. Lincecum, who gave up five runs and a season-high 10 hits over 6 1/3 innings as the Giants (36-28) beat St. Louis 7-5 in 12 innings June 1, lasted a season-low five innings -- allowing four runs -- in the team's 5-4, 13-inning victory over the Nationals.
"Timmy was not quite on top of his game," manager Bruce Bochy told the Giants' official website.
It was the fourth straight start in which Lincecum failed to beat Washington, and Saturday he'll take his third crack at earning his first win versus Cincinnati. Lincecum's only two starts against the Reds (33-32) came 11 days apart in August 2009, when he gave up eight runs over 13 innings and struck out nine while twice leaving without a decision.
Even with Lincecum not at his best his last two times on the hill, San Francisco came away with wins in its last at-bat -- a feat it repeated on the second night of this four-game series.
Nate Schierholtz, who singled home the winning run in extra innings in Lincecum's start at St. Louis, drove in Andres Torres in the bottom of the ninth to give the Giants a 3-2 win Friday.
That victory may have come at a price. Sanchez could be sidelined for a while with a dislocated right shoulder, suffered in the fifth inning after diving for a ground ball.
San Francisco's second baseman will likely undergo an MRI on Saturday.
"We have to keep fighting and moving forward," Torres said. "That's how we did it last year, too. Freddy's a big part of us but we have to move on."
Mike Leake (5-2, 4.63) takes the hill for the Reds on Saturday, seeking his fourth straight quality start since returning from Triple-A. The right-hander turned in his deepest outing of 2011 on Monday against the Cubs, surrendering two runs and 10 hits over eight innings of an 8-2 victory.
"Everything was working," Leake said. "You always want to go long in any game. I'm happy that I could go eight innings."
Little has worked for Leake in one start and one relief appearance against the Giants. He's allowed 11 runs and 17 hits -- four homers -- in just 4 2/3 innings, and recorded just one out while surrendering six runs out of the bullpen in Cincinnati's 16-5 loss at AT&T Park on Aug. 24.
Aubrey Huff is 3 for 3 off Leake, but the right-hander won't have to worry about facing injured Giants Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey, who are a combined 6 for 8 against him.
4:10 PM ET, June 11, 2011
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Lincecum hopes for a better result in his third career start against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Saturday afternoon, when he'll look to rebound from a pair of lackluster outings a day after the Giants lost Freddy Sanchez to a potentially serious injury.Gameday Lineups
Cincinnati San Francisco
D. Stubbs, CF E. Burriss, 2B
B. Phillips, 2B M. Tejada, 3B
J. Votto, 1B A. Huff, 1B
J. Bruce, RF C. Ross, LF
S. Rolen, 3B N. Schierholtz, RF
F. Lewis, LF A. Rowand, CF
R. Hanigan, C B. Crawford, SS
P. Janish, SS E. Whiteside, C
M. Leake, P T. Lincecum, P
Lincecum (5-4, 2.85 ERA) has 54 wins since 2008 -- and 61 total in the first four-and-a-half years of his major league career -- as he's earned a pair of Cy Young Awards while turning into a premier strikeout pitcher.
He became the eighth pitcher since 1900 to strike out 1,000 batters in his first five seasons Monday against Washington, but for the second straight start, wasn't at his best. Lincecum, who gave up five runs and a season-high 10 hits over 6 1/3 innings as the Giants (36-28) beat St. Louis 7-5 in 12 innings June 1, lasted a season-low five innings -- allowing four runs -- in the team's 5-4, 13-inning victory over the Nationals.
"Timmy was not quite on top of his game," manager Bruce Bochy told the Giants' official website.
It was the fourth straight start in which Lincecum failed to beat Washington, and Saturday he'll take his third crack at earning his first win versus Cincinnati. Lincecum's only two starts against the Reds (33-32) came 11 days apart in August 2009, when he gave up eight runs over 13 innings and struck out nine while twice leaving without a decision.
Even with Lincecum not at his best his last two times on the hill, San Francisco came away with wins in its last at-bat -- a feat it repeated on the second night of this four-game series.
Nate Schierholtz, who singled home the winning run in extra innings in Lincecum's start at St. Louis, drove in Andres Torres in the bottom of the ninth to give the Giants a 3-2 win Friday.
That victory may have come at a price. Sanchez could be sidelined for a while with a dislocated right shoulder, suffered in the fifth inning after diving for a ground ball.
San Francisco's second baseman will likely undergo an MRI on Saturday.
"We have to keep fighting and moving forward," Torres said. "That's how we did it last year, too. Freddy's a big part of us but we have to move on."
Mike Leake (5-2, 4.63) takes the hill for the Reds on Saturday, seeking his fourth straight quality start since returning from Triple-A. The right-hander turned in his deepest outing of 2011 on Monday against the Cubs, surrendering two runs and 10 hits over eight innings of an 8-2 victory.
"Everything was working," Leake said. "You always want to go long in any game. I'm happy that I could go eight innings."
Little has worked for Leake in one start and one relief appearance against the Giants. He's allowed 11 runs and 17 hits -- four homers -- in just 4 2/3 innings, and recorded just one out while surrendering six runs out of the bullpen in Cincinnati's 16-5 loss at AT&T Park on Aug. 24.
Aubrey Huff is 3 for 3 off Leake, but the right-hander won't have to worry about facing injured Giants Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey, who are a combined 6 for 8 against him.
