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3:45 pm EDT Thu May 27, 2010

The San Francisco Giants have seen one of their Cy Young Award winners get roughed up in back-to-back outings. They would prefer avoiding a similar experience with the other. A day after Tim Lincecum struggled with his control once again, Barry Zito hopes to rebound from his worst start of the season Thursday afternoon when the Giants decide their three-game set with the visiting Washington Nationals. Lincecum and Zito were fifth and sixth, respectively, in NL ERA as of May 19, but those numbers have gone up considerably. Lincecum, the two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, gave up five runs and walked five at Arizona last Thursday, and struggled with his control again Wednesday against the Nationals. He again walked five, and this time allowed six runs over 4 2-3 innings as Washington beat the Giants 7-3.

While Lincecum’s ERA has increased to 3.00 over those two starts, Zito had his take a sharp climb Friday at Oakland. The 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner hadn’t allowed more than three runs in a start this season, but let his former team score six runs over 6 2-3 innings in a 6-1 loss. Zito is 2-2 with a 4.33 ERA in six career starts against Washington, but he’s been flawless against two of the Nationals’ biggest run producers. Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham are a combined 0 for 15 with four strikeouts versus the lefty. While the Giants’ top starters haven’t been quite as dominant of late, the offense has been worse as they’ve lost six of seven. San Francisco has totaled 16 runs and hit .204 during its struggles. The Giants might be able to have more success against Craig Stammen, who’s winless in his last six starts. Stammen has allowed four runs in each of his last three outings, doing so over 5 1-3 innings Saturday against Baltimore in a 7-6 victory.