Giants' Lincecum works his way to another complete game win over A's

Looking at the box score from the Giants’ 4-1 win Tuesday night over the A’s, you’d think this was just another no-sweat, Tim Lincecum gem. He struck out 12 A’s. He pitched his fourth career complete game and second straight against the A’s this season. He allowed just seven hits and one run, Jason Giambi’s solo home run in the second. And he took just two hours and 16 minutes to complete the job. Easy, right? Not exactly. Lincecum knows how hard he had to work to hold the A’s to one run and pitch a complete game. He escaped one-out, bases-loaded jams in the fifth and sixth innings. Then the A’s put the first two batters on base in the seventh but came up empty. “Tremendous effort,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “He got in a couple jams. Double plays both times saved us there… He has tremendous poise. He makes pitches when he has to have them.” In his previous start, Lincecum took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning against the Angels. The Angels s...