Braves spoil Tim Lincecum's bid for perfect month in 8-0 win against Giants

SAN FRANCISCO — Juan Uribe hit a towering two-run drive in the ninth inning for his first homer since joining Atlanta, Williams Perez shut down San Francisco for his first major league win, and the Braves beat the Giants 8-0 on Saturday night.

Andrelton Simmons and Cameron Maybin each hit a pair of RBI singles, while Christian Bethancourt and Freddie Freeman also singled in runs off Tim Lincecum, who was chased after just 4⅓ innings.

Jace Peterson was a home run shy of a natural cycle with his first career three-hit game. He singled in the third, doubled in the fifth and tripled leading off the ninth.

Uribe, acquired from the Dodgers on Thursday, hit his second home run this year and first since April 25, this one off Jean Machi.

Lincecum (5-3) had his home scoreless streak end at 23 innings on Simmons' second-inning single.

Perez (1-0) allowed four hits in seven innings in his third major league start. The 24-year-old right-hander struck out three and walked four in an impressive 105-pitch performance and also had his first career hit with a sixth-inning single.

Uribe, in his third game since the trade, and Peterson each hit leadoff doubles that got the Braves going. Atlanta scored in four straight innings for the first time this season, and scored eight or more runs for the seventh time.

Atlanta bounced back from losses in the first two games of the series with just its second win in six games, having been outscored 25-3 in those defeats.

The Giants had their six-game home win streak snapped with just their third loss in 16 games.

Lincecum suffered his first loss this month after a 4-0 start.

The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner missed a chance to go unbeaten over six straight starts for the first time since 10 in a row from Oct. 1, 2009, to May 20, 2010.

Lincecum's scoreless streak at AT&T Park was the longest active home streak in the majors and his longest since a career-high 27 innings from June 13-July 11 last year that included his June 25 no-hitter against San Diego.

San Francisco still has a chance to wrap up its most successful May in 61 years with a win in today's finale. A 22-win month would be the club's best since the 1954 Worldw Series-winning New York club went 24-4 in June.

The Giants stranded 11 baserunners.

TRAINER'S ROOM

RHP Matt Cain threw batting practice to test his injured elbow. If all feels fine Sunday, he would travel to Arizona on Wednesday to pitch in game-type situations. … RHP Jake Peavy felt some discomfort in his strained back. 'We will back him off a little bit,' manager Bruce Bochy said.