SAN FRANCISCO - 1 Tim Lincecum quietly filed his nails with an emery board on Almost Every Inning in Which they dominated the Braves in Game 1 of the Giants' NL Division Series vs. Atlanta on Friday night. They Took an at-bat in the Eighth Inning in Which they HAD no intention of swinging the bat. There was no need to fret nor Thurs Thurs Attempt to score more runs. The Giants had occurred Enough Already runs: just one. Lincecum HAD it all under control.
This says it all about how dominating was Lincecum: The Braves tried Thurs hit his pitches 55 times. They are Completely missed 31 of Them. Never before in a game HAD Lincecum Recorded More Than 21 strikes the Swings and misses.
In the second Inning alone, the Braves nine times swung and missed with all nine tries. It was as if Lincecum was throwing baseballs That disappeared - changeups and Sliders That dropped out of sight in the first half of the game, and fast balls later That were long gone before the barrel of a bat's Brave Had a Chance to Meet Them.
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