The good news from a Lincecum loss

He lost his sixth game tonight but he also had a so-called quality start with one earned run in seven innings -- a homer from Paul Goldschmidt, who has hit 4 of his 12 homers off Tim. Steve Edlefsen, who probably should not be pitching in the bigs, gave up two runs in the 8th to make sure the Giants had no chance to come back

But at least there was no meltdown inning tonight for Tim. The Giants have 111 games left, so if Tim has gotten his act together at long last, there's some hope.

I just heard the over-rated Vin Sculley mis-state the situation by saying that Lincecum's loss tonight showed why his performance is a "major concern" for the Giants. No wonder Dodger fans are so misinformed. Had Vin given a proper analyis, he would have said that the Giants offense turned pathetic tonight with one run on six hits -- five singles and a triple by Gregor Blanco.