San Francisco Giants: Lineup Miscues Nearly Costs Tim Lincecum the Loss

There is no denying the greatness of the San Francisco Giants pitching staff. Led by their horse and reigning Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, the Giants are stacked with quality arms who are known to pitch their best ball down the stretch.

However, even with their horse on the mound to start the first game of the second half, the Giants did not have their best lineup out on the field.

Now one would think that with Friday's game in Pittsburgh as the opening game of the second half that all the everyday players would be in the lineup.

Well, with Giants manager Bruce Bochy that wasn't the case. The Giants' everyday first-baseman Travis Ishikawa and everyday right-fielder Nate Schierholtz were out of the starting lineup.

In their places were utility outfielde...

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