SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Tim Lincecum won for the first time in nearly two months to end the worst drought of his career, throwing four-hit ball over seven innings, and the San Francisco Giants held the Dodgers scoreless for the third straight game in a 3-0 win Wednesday. Angel Pagan added an RBI single and drew a bases-loaded walk to back Lincecum (3-8) as the Giants moved into a first-place tie in the NL West with just their second sweep of the season ? and the first time in franchise history shutting out the Dodgers in a three-game series spanning 123 seasons. Lincecum struck out two in a 1-2-3 second, and calmly punched his pitching hand into his glove as he walked from the mound back to the dugout. Melky Cabrera had an RBI double and Brandon Crawford tripled among his three hits in San Francisco's first three-game sweep of the Dodgers at AT&T Park since July 30-Aug. Lincecum came to the plate to roars from the sellout crowd of 42,245 in the third and hit a one-out single down the left-field line. Buster Posey then walked to load the bases and Pagan walked to force home a run, which brought pitching coach Rick Honeycutt to the mound for a visit with Billingsley. Lincecum, who settled down Friday at Oakland after falling behind 3-0 in the first inning and showed positive signs the next four, ran his scoreless innings streak to 12. Manager Bruce Bochy visited Lincecum after a seventh-inning walk to A.J. Ellis put runners on first and second with one out, but drew cheers when Lincecum stayed in the game to retire the next two batters in order.
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