The scoreless wonders

That's 27 innings of Dodger humiliation, ladies and gentlemen, by the back 3 guys in the Giant rotation -- Zito, Vogelsong and Lincecum. How humiliating were the three consecutive shutouts? Try never before.

I had the good fortune to witness today's game in Section 313 as the Giants made it into first place. Yes, you heard that right. First place. Way to go, Dodgers. It seems nothing but appropriate that the guy who went 0-4 last year against the Dodgers, the guy who Dodger fans want to see fail, that guy was the one who pitched seven shutout innings today.

JC Parsons at Raising (Matt) Cain offers up some nice observations about Tim --


Tim Lincecum may very well have refound his "freak." Today was his best start of the season ( game score 75 ) and his second consecutive quality start. The only extra base hit was by Chad Billingsley and he was stranded at third, which, by the way, was the only smog sucker to get that far all series long. Tim seemed to have all his pitches working. He certainly had movement; sometimes too much. Hector Sanchez, catching Lincecum for the second straight game, took a beating trying to block some crazy pitches in the dirt. Tim unleashed two more more wild pitches, which gives him 9 for the season. One of them lead to a collision at the plate with Timmeh taking the hit but getting a generous call. I sure wish he would quit doing that.