Tim Lincecum takes second straight Cy Young Award
By ADAM MCFADDEN
Renton Reporter Sports Reporter
Nov 19 2009
San Francisco Giants pitcher and Liberty graduate Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award Thursday.
It is the second Cy Young in a row for the 25-year-old. Lincecum led the National League with 261 strikeouts and went 15-7. He compiled an ERA of 2.48.
Lincecum received 11 first-place votes among the ballots by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
The Renton Reporter ran a feature on Lincecum after his Cy Young victory last year.
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