Offense helps Lincecum to win in shaky outing

ANAHEIM — For a few moments on Tuesday night, it looked like Tim Lincecum had some flashes of his old, Cy Young-winning self.

The Angels right-hander, however, could not put it all together for a consistent outing before being bailed out by the offense in an 8-6 win over the Rangers.

Lincecum picked up his first home win as an Angel, but the line wasn’t pretty. He got through five innings of work, giving up five runs (three earned) and battling trouble in just about every frame.

“I found myself always having that leadoff batter on for the most part and having to work backwards from there,” Lincecum said. “It’s not easy to do that.”

Angels manager Mike Scioscia saw the positives — notably, the seven strikeouts that matched Lincecum’s season high.

“[Lincecum] pitched a lot better than his line score, that’s for sure,” Scioscia said. “I think you saw his ability to get the strikeout tonight. They had a lot of action in some innings, but he pitched his way …

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