Settling the Score: Saturday’s results

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The Astros aren’t the most lethal of opponents, but we caught a glimpse of vintage Tim Lincecum on Saturday night in San Francisco. And it was good.

The Giants right-hander yielded just five hits over eight scoreless innings, racking up 11 strikeouts while issuing just one walk. He needed 114 pitches and his velocity declined steadily over the course of the evening, but Lincecum battled through all that and handed a 2-0 lead to closer Santiago Casilla.

Casilla blew the save, but backup catcher Hector Sanchez picked him up in the 12th inning with a walkoff RBI single that scored Pablo Sandoval.

Lincecum lowered his ERA from 6.42 to 5.93. He’ll take on the Phillies in his next scheduled outing.

Your Saturday box scores and recaps:

Angels 3, Yankees 5

Diamondbacks 1, Cubs 4

Indians 9, Blue Jays 11

Tigers 6, Orioles 8 (13 innings)

Mets 7, Braves 8

Cardinals 2, Reds 3 (10 innings)

White Sox 3, Royals 6

Pirates 6, Brewers 4

Athletics 9, Twins 3

Nationals 1, Marlins 2

Red Sox 3, Rays 5

Phillies 8, Rockies 5

Rangers 0, Mariners 7

Padres 7, Dodgers 6

Astros 2, Giants 3 (12 innings)

Phillies’ Alec Bohm has MRI, sits out again with tight hamstring

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NEW YORK — Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm is out of the starting lineup for the second time in three games because of left hamstring tightness.

Bohm had an MRI and the Phillies were awaiting the results. Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said it was too soon to tell if Bohm might land on the injured list.

Bohm sat out the loss in Atlanta because of the same issue then Philadelphia was off.

Edmundo Sosa was set to start at third against the New York Mets, batting ninth.

Thomson said Bohm felt discomfort after fielding a slow roller. He played the entire game and went 0 for 3 in a 2-0 loss to the Mets.

Bohm is batting .265 with six homers and a team-high 37 RBIs this season. He has a .724 OPS.