By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Tim Lincecum is beginning to like the pitcher that he was during his back-to-back Cy Young Award seasons of 2008 and 2009, but before you get your hopes up for a World Series parade down Market Street, remember there is three months left in the season.

Lincecum went seven innings, allowing zero runs, allowing three hits, on two walks, and striking out six and the San Francisco Giants took game one of their three-game series with a 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks before a crowd of 41,647, the 297th consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

It was the ninth win of the season for Lincecum, and his fourth consecutive win, his longest winning streak since winning four in a row from April 5-23, 2010.

Since a no-decision on June 13, 2014 against the Colorado Rockies, Lincecum is middle of a streak that sees him not allowing a run at AT&T Park since Justin Morneau hit a two-run single in the top of the third inning.

After losing to the Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 20, Lincecum returned to AT&TPark and he pitched the second no-hitter of his career, a 6-0 whitewashing of the San Diego Padres.

Just six days after the no-hitter, Lincecum went eight scoreless innings in a win over the St. Louis Cardinals, as he scattered four hits, walking two and striking out four.

Lincecum’s scoreless inning streak of 27 at AT&TPark is the longest since Ryan Jensen threw 27 scoreless innings back during the 2002 National League Championship season.

Pablo Sandoval got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the first inning, as he planted a Mike Bolsinger pitch onto the arcade for his 11th home run, a two-run shot that scored Brandon Belt, who singled just prior to Sandoval’s home run.

Brandon Crawford singled to right field off of Bolsinger in the bottom of the second inning to Tyler Colvin, who led off the inning with a single.

Then Lincecum got in on the act, as he hit a sacrifice bunt back to Bolsinger that scored Joe Panik from third base.

It was the first run batted in of the season for Lincecum, and the 19th run batted in of his major league since joining the Giants on May 6, 2007.

Sandoval drove in the fifth and final run of the night in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he double down the left field line to score Hunter Pence from second base.

Bolsinger lasted five innings, allowing five runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out five, as he fell to 1-6 on the season.

Usual Lincecum nemesis, Paul Goldschmidt went 0-for-2 with a walk and a caught stealing on the night.

Entering the game, Goldschmidt in his career was hitting at a .577 clip (15-for-26) with seven home runs and 17 runs batted in since joining the majors in 2011.

NOTES: Prior to the game, it was announced that Marco Scutaro was activated from the 60-day disabled list and to make room for the 2012 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player, Brandon Hicks was designated for assignment.

Mark Trumbo, who was activated by the Diamondbacks prior to the game, went 1-for-4 in his first game since suffering a stress fracture in his left foot.

To make room for Trumbo, former Giants outfielder Roger Kieschnick was assigned to the Diamondbacks Triple-A team, the Reno Aces.

Diamondbacks Catcher Miguel Montero was named as a replacement to the National League All-Star team, replacing Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals, who suffered a torn thumb ligament.