The Juice is back for its fifth season of fun! Stop by each weekday for an ample serving of news from the action, plus great photos, stats and video highlights. Move over, Los Angeles : The San Francisco Giants moved into a share of first place in the NL West on Wednesday with a 3-0 win that secured a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Giants pitching shut out the Dodgers' bats for the entire series at AT&T Park. The Dodgers almost notched a run in the third but a stellar play by catcher Hector Sanchez and pitcher Tim Lincecum ended that dream. With Chad Billingsley streaking toward home on a wild pitch, Sanchez tracked down the ball and whipped it toward the 168-pound Lincecum, who stood his ground against the 240-pound Billingsley for an out and an awkward collision. 'It's funny how the ugly thing kind of worked out to a pretty cool thing,'' Lincecum said. ''I didn't want him to get a run. I'm not much to go through but he was going to have to go through me to get to the plate.'' Time will tell if the ailing Dodgers recover, but it's hard not to feel like this will end up being a huge turning point in the season. Lincecum threw seven scoreless innings for his first...
The Juice: Tim Lincecum stands his ground against Dodgers as Giants move into first place
Published June 28, 2012 at 6:40 AM
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