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 Lincecum, who threw his first career no-hitter on July 13 at San Diego, permitted just a double to Juan Francisco leading off the third inning.
Lincecum (6-11) struck out eight and walked one in eight innings before getting pulled for a pinch-hitter. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner had been 0-2 in three starts since throwing 148 pitches in his no-hitter.
Brandon Belt hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Donovan Hand (0-4). Marco Scutaro and Brandon Crawford each added three hits.
Khris Davis doubled off reliever Sandy Rosario in the ninth and scored on Jean Segura's single against Sergio Romo, who recorded the final two outs for his 28th save.
San Francisco had lost four of its previous five games in the latest skid during a summer-long slide from World Series champions to last place in the NL West.
With a postcard-like day along the bay, San Francisco showed some heart and hustle at the start. And Lincecum provided the rest in a rare reprieve from a frustration season.
Scutaro singled on the 11th pitch leading off the first and Crawford followed by diving head-first into second for a double. After Pablo Sandoval flied out, Belt hit his 12th home run of the season.
The Giants hadn't hit a home run at AT&T Park since Buster Posey's long ball on July 20.
In the second, Scutaro scored on Crawford's two-out single. Hand, who allowed seven hits and four walks in five innings, had not given up more than three runs in any of his previous six starts this season.
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Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez had a pair of sensational catches in center field. He ran to his right, made a dive and tumbled twice on the ground afterward on Belt's looping liner in the fourth. Gomez also ran down Sandoval's fly near the 421-foot marker in right-center to end the second.
One big swing from Belt was all Lincecum needed.
The lanky right-hander, who walked four in his no-hitter against the Padres, might've been even more efficient against Milwaukee. He only walked one and tossed 108 pitches before getting lifted for pinch-hitter Andres Torres in the bottom of the eighth.
Lincecum faced just three hitters in six of his eight innings. Francisco hit a liner that skipped to the wall in right.
Lincecum even got Gomez to lose his helmet striking out on a breaking ball in the seventh, and he received a standing ovation from the announced sellout crowd of 41,219 after pitching the eighth.
NOTES: Hector Sanchez, who hadn't played for the Giants since injuring his right shoulder July 8, started behind the plate. Posey caught Lincecum's no-hitter but was given the day off. ... Giants RF Hunter Pence was caught stealing in the first inning. He had been 17 for 17 this season. ... Brewers 2B Rickie Weeks was sent back to Milwaukee to get an MRI exam on his left hamstring and is likely going on the disabled list. ... Brewers LHP Tom Gorzelanny, who missed his turn in the rotation Wednesday because of a sore elbow, will make his next start Saturday at Seattle. ... The Giants designated C Guillermo Quiroz for assignment to clear space on the roster for Sanchez. ... The Giants open a three-game series against Baltimore on Friday, while the Brewers begin a three-game set at Seattle.
[Associated
Press; By ANTONIO GONZALEZ]
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