• Scouting Lincecum and Jimenez

  • By Keith Law | August 24, 2009 1:24:34 PM PDT

For a game that looked on paper like it'd be a tight pitcher's duel, Sunday's matchup between the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants disappointed, as neither Ubaldo Jimenez nor Tim Lincecum was especially sharp despite the low final score.

Lincecum took a no-hitter into the sixth and lost it on a dubious scorer's decision (Renteria had all day to make that play with Helton running and just missed the ball), but he was behind hitters all day and didn't command anything but his curveball. The Rockies' hitters were chasing it all day -- to be fair, Lincecum's Uncle Charlie is one of the best in the game -- but if it wasn't for that, he would have been knocked around early because he couldn't locate anything else and his velocity was just average at 90-93. It could just be fatigue from the long season, but couple this with his last outing and he's not the superman he was for the first four months of the season.


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