In his first professional start this season, Lincecum pitched five innings, allowed three hits and three runs, walked three and struck out five. He threw 88 pitches, 48 for strikes. The in-stadium radar gun clocked his fastball as fast as 91 mph.
TACOMA — Ten minutes before his son took the mound for Class AAA Salt Lake, Chris Lincecum remembered something he used to tell his boys long ago.
“All the great ones come back,” he said as he headed for his seats at Cheney Stadium. “All of them. Go on down the line. Those are the ones that are always dear to my heart.