Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum didn’t bring his A-game to Game 1 of 2010 World Series Game, but he still squeezed out a win. Over 5 2/3 innings, he gave up 4 runs on 8 hits. However, he did get 3 strikeouts. This was a not quite the two time Cy Young winner form we saw when he played against the Braves. Nonetheless, a win is a win. Checkout the highlights from his World Series win including a busted rundown on third base and get hit a couple times by the ball.
Tim Lincecum 2010 World Series Game 1 highlights
Tim Lincecum talks about battling through without his best stuff
2010 World Series Game 1 postgame interview with Tim Lincecum transcript
Q. Could you talk about those first couple innings. It looked pretty shaky there, particularly the play at third. What were you thinking?
TIM LINCECUM: Yeah, a little bit of a brain fart there, not really knowing the situation. Obviously those aren’t the kind of situations you want to be in. But we got out of it with just that one run. But after a couple innings the team gave me a chance to kind of settle down, scored their runs, and gave me a chance to just kind of get into my mode there for a few innings.
Q. The spark that Sanchez provided you with those three doubles in his first three at bats, how much of an effect did that have on your team?
TIM LINCECUM: It had a big time effect, I’d say it just kind of kept the hits kind of coming when we scored the first two runs. I think that got us a little bit more motivated and fired up and hitters started getting their pitches, putting balls where guys weren’t and just scoring runs.
Q. Could you talk a little bit about Juan Uribe and what he’s meant to this club. Seems like every time you need a big hit he delivers.
TIM LINCECUM: Yeah, even outside his hitting he’s been making big plays on defense, too. We saw one of those today, shortstop. So yeah, he’s just coming up with the big hit, whether it’s the go ahead run or just the big run in general. He’s done it. He’s just kind of an unspoken guy, but coming up big on the field.
