Time Release Jinx

Inning	Batter	Velocity	Result
1	C. Beltran	83	Ball
1	D. Easley	81	Ball
2	B. Schneider	82	Ball
3	C. Beltran	83	Ground ball single to RF
5	J. Reyes	82	Foul

Exactly a week after Lincecum graces the pages of SI:

- he loses for the first time since the Gary Darling incident.
- he serves up two home-runs after giving up 5 in the past 3 months.
- the Giants are shutout for the first time since June 14.

There can be only one explanation: the baseball gods feel threatened by Lincecum and his success. They therefore decided to give him a loss and push his HR/9 ratio closer to league average to make him seem mortal.