Game Wrap 9/9/2013: Giants 3 Rockies 2

Tim Lincecum had a Quality Start while Brandon Belt drove in the tying run in the bottom of the 8'th inning and the walkoff winning run in the bottom of the 10'th.  Key Lines:

Angel Pagan- 3 for 5.  BA= .274.   The team was in second place when Pagan went down and they have certainly played much better since his return.  He scored 2 of the 3 runs in this one.

Brandon Belt- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .283.  Belt is now firmly established as a guy you anticipate giving the Giants a chance to score in an inning where he bats.

Buster Posey- 2 for 4, HR(15).  BA= .312.  Buster's finger does not seem to be hurting him at the plate.  He seemed to do OK behind the plate too.

Tim Lincecum- 8 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.40.  Timmy economized his pitches and took this one through 8.  Very nice effort!  Dave Cameron of Fangraphs thinks the Giants should give Timmy a Qualifying Offer and that he should reject it.  This is based mostly on the differential between his ERA and FIP/xFIP.  The only problem with that analysis is it ignores the cause of that differential, which is that Timmy loses his command when he's in the stretch.  That seems to be slowly getting better, though.

Ryan Vogelsong takes on Jorge De La Rosa tomorrow evening.