SAN FRANCISCO — In a season when small turning points sometimes eventually seem like big ones, the Astros have an important game Sunday afternoon. They’ll try to prevent the San Francisco Giants from completing a three-game sweep. In doing so, they’d guarantee themselves a winning road trip and try to stay with the pack in the National League Central. See how it helps to look ahead? That’s because for a second straight day, the Astros had an embarrassingly bad day. They were beaten by the Giants 9-0 Saturday afternoon at AT&T Park. This game came less than 24 hours after a 13-0 loss to the Giants. Tim Lincecum was his usual brilliant self, throwing seven shutout innings, basically toying with the Astros and extending his personal scoreless streak to 23 innings. He walked two and struck out and nine, and by the time he got a...
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