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Lincecum Strikes Out 12, Giants Shut Out Mets

NEW YORK (CBS / AP) -- Tim Lincecum struck out 12 to surpass Christy Mathewson for most double-digit strikeout games in Giants history and Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking single against his favorite opponent, lifting San Francisco over the New York Mets 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Lincecum (3-3) gave up five hits in seven innings, throwing 127 pitches for his most this season. He struck out his final five batters.

Four Giants relievers completed the six-hitter with Brian Wilson working a perfect ninth for his 10th save.

Mike Fontenot added an insurance run with an RBI single off Chris Capuano (2-3) in the seventh and Aubrey Huff had three more hits to lift his average over .200. The defending World Series champions won two in a row for the first time since April 18-19 and have won just five of their last 13 games.

Mets struck out season-high 16 times and were 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. New York faced a Cy Young winner for the third time in four games, going up against Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee last weekend in Philadelphia. Lincecum was the most dominant.

The Freak needed 26 pitches to get through the first inning, yielding a one-out double to Daniel Murphy. But he didn't allow a runner to reach third until the sixth.

Lincecum has three double-digit strikeout games this year and 29 for his career. Mathewson played all but one of his games for the New York Giants from 1900-1916.

After receiving one run of support in his last two outings— both losses—the Giants were scoreless until Burrell's RBI single.

Burrell has always hit well against New York, especially when with Philadelphia. He has 42 homers and 106 RBIs against the Mets, best off any opponent.

This time he hurt to the Mets with a simple single. Fontenot led off with a walk and Huff followed a strikeout with his third hit of the game and fourth in four at-bats. His homer in the 10th Tuesday lifted the Giants to a win.

Burrell singled for the lead. Capuano intentionally walked Miguel Tejada with two outs to load the bases. But Lincecum bounced back to the mound to end the threat.

Lincecum then gave up a leadoff double to Carlos Beltran and a single to Ike Davis in the bottom half but got Ronny Paulino to pop foul—for his first out after seven straight hits over two games— and struck out two.

The right-hander then struck out the side in the seventh to end his outing.

Capuano gave up eight hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.

NOTES: The Mets placed RHP Pedro Beato on the 15-day disabled list with tendinitis in his pitching elbow. Lefty Mike O'Connor was brought up from Triple-A Buffalo to take his place in the bullpen. ... Giants OF Andres Torres (strained left Achilles') is going to Triple-A Fresno to play in an unknown number of rehab games, manager Bruce Bochy said. ... Reyes grounded out leading off in the first to snap a streak of reaching in seven straight plate appearances.

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