Lincecum made fast friends with new teammates Mike Trout and Johnny Giavotella, who each homered in the fourth inning to put the Angels ahead, 2-1, giving them a lead they would pad in a five-run sixth against an A's club that trotted out seven pitchers on the day. Trout doubled in the inning, finishing with three RBIs.
Trout's solo homer
LAA@OAK: Trout ties game at 1 with a solo homer
Mike Trout blasts a solo homer over the left-center-field wall to tie the game at 1 in the top of the 4th inning
Right-hander Andrew Triggs took the mound first for the A's, giving them three-plus innings on 50 pitches in his big league starting debut. Triggs was responsible for Trout's homer but allowed only two other hits, both singles. Danny Valencia plated the A's lone run on a single in the third.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Lincecum shines in debut: All eyes were on Lincecum's debut, and the righty didn't disappoint. He picked up his first win of the year, relying primarily on an 88-90-mph fastball and his customary changeup, and allowed just one baserunner over his last three innings. The Bay Area crowd, which was speckled with Lincecum Giants gear, gave him a rousing ovation as he exited the field following the sixth inning.
Lincecum's first strikeout
LAA@OAK: Lincecum gets his first strikeout in return
Tim Lincecum gets Danny Valencia for his first strikeout in his return to the mound, ending the bottom of the 1st inning
Relief parade: Trout set Bob Melvin's bullpen carousel in motion when he took Triggs deep in the fourth on a towering shot to left, prompting the A's manager to lift Triggs in favor of Ryan Dull. Giavotella wrapped a line drive around the left field foul pole for his fifth homer of the year three batters later.
Surge in the sixth: The Angels gave Lincecum plenty of cushion in the sixth, batting around the lineup and plating five runs in the inning against right-handers Fernando Rodriguez and John Axford. Trout had a two-run single and Yunel Escobar added an RBI on hits just out of the reach of A's defenders, as Billy Burns couldn't make a diving catch on Trout's bloop while Escobar's sharp grounder glanced off of Marcus Semien's glove. Both hits came with two outs in the inning.
A's bats silenced: The A's were unable to carry over the momentum gained from Friday night's walk-off affair, managing only five hits in the encore performance and putting just two runners on base in their final six innings, with one hit recorded in that span. Oakland has come up with one run or fewer on 13 occasions this season, and the club's 269 total runs are third fewest in the American League.
WHAT'S NEXT
Angels: Jered Weaver enters Sunday's 1:05 p.m. PT start at the Coliseum on a two-game losing streak with a 5.71 ERA this year. He gave up six runs (five earned) over six innings in a loss to the Twins on Monday, and hopes to turn it around Sunday at the Coliseum.
A's: Left-hander Eric Surkamp, who has struggled to the tune of an 8.07 ERA in seven starts across four stints in the Majors, gets another opportunity in Sunday's rubber match against the Angels.
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Mark Chiarelli is a reporter for MLB.com based in Oakland.
Jane Lee has covered the A's for MLB.com since 2010.
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Lincecum strong in winning debut for Angels
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