Braves Beat Lincecum, Giants 3-2

ATLANTA (AP) _ Eric Hinske snapped an 0-for-17 hitless streak

with a tiebreaking, sixth-inning home run off Tim Lincecum to help

the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants

on Thursday night.

Alex Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the second inning _ his

second as a Brave _ for the only other runs off Lincecum (11-5).

Jair Jurrjens (4-4) went six innings for the Braves, allowing

seven hits, two runs and three walks. He struck out three.

Billy Wagner picked up his 26th save in 31 attempts with a

scoreless ninth.

Lincecum, who had won six of his seven previous starts against

Atlanta, gave up six hits and three runs in 6 1-3 innings, walking

three and striking out seven.