Bruce Bochy Needs to Share the Blame for San Francisco Giants’ Lack of Hitting

The Giants got shut out again Thursday night in Atlanta, yet again wasting another brilliant performance by their ace, Tim Lincecum.  Bruce Bochy handed the ball to the two-time Cy Young award winner with hopes that he would go out, give them a quality start, and give his team a chance to split a four game series with the Braves, and improve to 4-3 on their current road trip.

Lincecum did even better.

He went out and battled through seven innings, giving up one mistake, a solo home run to Chipper Jones.  Scattering five hits while striking out seven, Lincecum actually lowered his era from 2.58 to 2.53, giving him the third best era in the NL behind Johnny Cueto of Cincinnati and his teammate Ryan Vogelsong.  

Bochy got exactly the performance he ne...

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