15* NL Game of the Week (18-6 in MLB the L11 days!)

My 15* NL Game of the Week is on the SF Giants at 10:15 ET. A lot of people were worried about Tim Lincecum (last year's NL Cy Young winner) after the young right-hander went just three innings in his first start and had a 7.86 ERA after two starts in 2009. Lincecum went 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA last year (team was 21-12 in his starts), striking out 265 batters while allowing a modest 84 walks. However, he had a serious case of bronchitis during spring training and after those two poor performances, concerns regarding his health were raised. He underwent a medical examination but doctors found nothing wrong. After Lincecum's last two outings, no one is concerned any more. The Giants beat the D'backs 5-1 last Friday, with Lincecum allowing one run and five hits in eight innings. The previous Saturday he received a no-decision in San Francisco vs the D'backs, striking out 13 over eight shutout innings of a 2-0 loss. He's now gone eight innings in each of his last two starts, allowing only 10 hits and one ER (0.56 ERA) with 25 strikeouts and one walk. He'll start tonight vs the hated Dodgers, in an effort to take the series (teams have split the first two games). The 14-7 Dodgers will counter with Eric Stults (2-0 with a 3.52 in three starts). The left-hander has done a decent job filling Hiroki Kuroda's spot in the rotation. Stults won his first two starts but struggled with his control in his last outing. He received a no-decision Friday night at Colorado after allowing seven hits, five walks and three runs over five innings of a 6-5 loss. He's gone five innings in his last two starts, after going 5.1 innings in his first. LA's bullpen will be needed tonight. Stults is 1-1 with a 5.50 ERA in four career starts vs the Giants, while Lincecum is 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in three games (two starts) against LA. He struck out 13 Dodgers over seven innings in his lone start vs LA in 2008, allowing just four hits and one run in a 3-1 home win last September. The Giants are just 9-10 this season but they are 7-3 here at home, holding opponents to an average of only 2.5 RPG. LA struggled all last year on the road vs righties (22-33, while averaging just 3.7 RPG) and has opened just 6-6 in that situation in 2009. This just in! Lincecum is one tough righty. NL Game of the Week 15* SF Giants.