Lincecum Dichotomy Tim Lincecum is off a fine start in which he went six and two-thirds and allowed five hits and no walks in Arizona. Since the start of the 2009 season, the Giants are a perfect 9-0 with Lincecum when they won on the road and his WHIP was one or lower in his last start. Timmy produced a quality start every time and the Giants won by an average of 4.2 runs per game with four of the nine shutouts. See for yourself with this SDQL text:
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The only one of the nine that the Giants did not win on the run-line was a 6-5 win in which the bullpen allowed three runs.
On the other hand, the Giants are 0-6 since 2009 with Lincecum when he had a WHIP of at least 2.25 in his last start. See for yourself with this SDQL text:
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Only one of the six starts was of the quality variety and the Giants have lost these six games by an average of 4.0 runs. Every one of the six losses was by multiple runs. The former of these two applies today (9/12/10).
Prof Meyer
