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Posey catches Lincecum for first time in over a year

Published May. 3, 2015 8:44 p.m. ET

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For the first time since April 26, 2014 Buster Posey was behind the plate to catch a Tim Lincecum start. It may have been Lincecum’s best start of the season as he threw eight shutout innings while allowing three hits and a walk. He had been coming off his worst start of the season, having allowed 4 earned runs over four innings in Los Angeles. Prior to the game, Andrew Baggarly of the San Francisco Mercury News, had written that he suspected the Giants wanted Posey behind the plate in order to force Lincecum to throw more fastballs. After the game, Baggarly wrote:

“In Lincecum’s previous start against the Dodgers, he threw just 36 percent fastballs to catcher Andrew Susac — abandoning the pitch too quickly after missing the zone in the first inning — and became far too predictable as a result. He did a much better job establishing his modest heater against the Angels, throwing 87-89 mph fastballs on nine of 12 pitches in the first inning and 28 of 44 over the first three.”

(h/t San Jose Mercury News)

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