Giants ace Lincecum puts focus on visiting Nats

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05/26/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Though often a victim of a shaky bullpen this year, Giants ace Tim Lincecum knows the result of his last start is mainly on him. An extra-focused Lincecum is probably the last thing the Nationals want to see tonight.

Lincecum will try to bounce back from his shortest outing of the season this evening in the continuation of a three-game series between San Francisco and Washington at AT&T Park.

Lincecum is still undefeated on the season, going 5-0 with a 2.35 earned run average, but he could have another three victories had his bullpen not blown a trio of leads given to it by the right-hander. Though the 'pen technically gave away a lead in Lincecum's latest outing, the two-time defending National League Cy Young Award winner wasn't his sharpest either.

The 25-year-old lasted just five innings on Thursday versus Arizona, yielding a season-high five runs on five hits while also walking five batters for a second start in a row. He exited with his team down 5-2 and San Francisco scored five runs in the sixth inning before eventually dropping an 8-7 game and leaving Lincecum with a no-decision.

"I don't think it was the hits I gave up, it was the placement of my walks, and that's always going to kill you," Lincecum said.

The former 10th overall pick of the 2006 draft has a sparkling 1.77 ERA in three career starts versus Washington, but is just 1-0. He has also shined at home in four 2010 starts, going 3-0 with a 1.78 ERA.

While Lincecum is trying to recover from his worst start of the season, Washington's Luis Atilano will try to do something he has never done in his young career: bounce back from a loss.

The 25-year-old entered his sixth MLB start on Thursday versus the Mets 3-0 with a 3.90 ERA, but he gave up a career-high seven runs, six of those earned, over a season-low 4 1/3 innings in a 10-7 setback, the first of his career.

The right-handed Atilano saw his ERA jump to 5.06, but he is a solid 2-0 with a 2.76 ERA in three road starts and faces the Giants for the first time this evening.

San Francisco carried a 20-inning scoreless drought into Tuesday's opener but exploded for four runs in the fifth inning, the only frame the Giants would score in en route to a 4-2 victory.

Pablo Sandoval capped the burst with an RBI double, while Freddy Sanchez had a two-run double and Edgar Renteria added a run-scoring single in the frame to help the Giants snap a five-game losing streak.

Renteria, though, had to exit in the seventh inning due to strained right hamstring. He had just been reinstated from the disabled list on Saturday after missing time with a right groin strain.

"You're trying to get some consistency. That's what's frustrating," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said on his club's website. "Edgar had such a great game and he could be down for a little while."

Todd Wellemeyer gave up two runs on four hits in six-plus innings to earn the win, while former Giants hurler Livan Hernandez took the loss for Washington after his five-inning effort that was solid except for the one frame.

"He wanted to come here and pitch well. He pitched here for several years and I could see he wanted this one today," Nationals reliever Tyler Walker said. "He made good pitches, but they hit a couple of [soft hits] here and there and the floodgates opened."

Josh Willingham and Ian Desmond each knocked in run in the seventh inning for Washington, which has dropped eight of its last 11 and six straight on the road. The Nats opened a 10-game road trip on Tuesday.

After sweeping the seven-game series set in 2008, the Giants won four of six versus the Nationals a season ago.

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It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.

We look at the best off-season signings and if they should influence your NFL betting this season. Julius Peppers – Peppers was the biggest prize available on the 2010 NFL free agent market and the Chicago Bears opened the bank to bring his talents to the south side.

Peppers is explosive, he can get around blockers and cause quarterbacks to lose their minds. We all remember the classic Peppers game last year against the Vikings where he hounded Brett Favre into his worst game of the season. Peppers joining the Bears could be the reason Favre retired for good Tuesday morning. In addition to Peppers, the Bears added Chester Taylor to back up Matt Forte, Forte didn’t have the same intensity in 2009 compared to 2008 and bringing in Taylor will challenge Forte to bring it every game or he’ll risk losing carries to Taylor.

Betting on the Bears is a good option this season because of Julius Peppers and to a lesser extent Taylor. Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens – The Cincinnati Bengals signed two former number one wide receivers to line up with Chad Ocho Cinco. Antonio Bryant had a huge season in 2008 catching 83 passes for over 1200 yards but regressed last season. Playing for the Tampa Bay Bucs last season was a large part of the regression, everyone was bad in TB last season.

Bryant should have a bounce back season if he can win the number two spot from Terrell Owens. If Bryant wins the number 2 WR spot, it will open up a completely new set of problems for the Bengals. If Owens is forced to the bench in favor of Bryant, his attitude will create trouble for Carson Palmer and head coach Marv Lewis. If Owens is the number two receiver, it means Bryant can’t live up to his past numbers and the Bengals are still limited in the passing game. NFL bettors should be wary of laying their money down on what could potentially be the biggest gong show in the league in 2010. 2010 football betting lines for this can be found at this top online sportsbook. Karlos Danby – The Miami Dolphins have a great running back tandem in Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, a good young QB in Chad Henne and now the Bill Parcells regime is building a solid defense.

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