Tim Lincecum was back in the Bay Area on Saturdaypitching for the first Dean Wade Jersey timesince last June, but with a new team and a new look.Making his 2016 debut with the Angels,the two-timeNational League Cy Young Award winner pitched six innings of one-run ball against the Athletics atOakland Coliseum, where fans donning Lincecum’s No. 55 Giants jerseys weresprinkled throughout the stands.MORE: “I wasn’t expecting that,” Lincecum said,, of a standing ovation as he exited. “Theycame out and showed their support. It’s nice obviously being here close to where I started and having my Bay Area fans here.”Lincecum, 32, said before his start thathe wasn’t going to bethe guy who threw 95 mph like he did when he won three World Series rings with the Giants. Instead, the right-hander and a slower, located fastball (89 mph ) in Chad Kelly Jersey asucce sful 7-1 win against the A’s.MORE: “I didn’t nece sarily see this game going as well as it did,” Lincecum said. “But it panned out and it Trent Forrest Jersey gave me a little more confidence knowing I can push through to the next game. I know it’s kind of hard to accept for a pitcher who has been through a lot and done a lot, but like I said I’m trying to move on and try to become a different player.”Lincecum struckout just two batters Saturday, gettingswings and mi ses on only seven of his 98 pitches. His only trouble came in the third inning when the Billy Burns turned a one-out single into Oakland’s lone run of the game.Despite the strong stats (one DeShone Kizer Jersey run, four hits, two walks), Lincecum thinks he can do better.”It felt like my mechanics were a little erratic,” he told reporters. “Got into some deep counts but I made pitches when I needed to and my defense made plays when Chad Hansen Jersey we needed them to. Definitely an area when I can improve on, but happy with it.”Lincecum will go for win No. 2 on Thursday as the Angels (30-38) open a four-game home series with the A’s (28-40), who have scored the sixth-fewest runs in the majors this season.
