So close in Phoenix

As they so often have in recent years, when the Giants lose, they barely lose. In this case, the deal went down with the tying run on second and Buster Posey at the plate.

Just one game but a lousy one to lose. Tim got hammered in the first and that was the game right there. My fave plays were Worthless Willie Bloomquist getting picked off first by Mota and Pablo Sandoval mashing a line double to left center off (He Really Is A) Putz with two out in the 9th.

Grant at McCovey Chronicles had this to say -- Regardless, it was an ugly, disfigured game. Even when he was mowing hitters down in the middle innings, there were pitches that were left up in just about every at-bat. There are games where Lincecum makes an isolated mistake or two that cost him, or where he's hurt by walks and poorly timed hits. This was not one of those games. He looked bad, though he gets a few bonus points for the relative stability of the middle innings. Should be 31 more of these things for him, though.