By Andrew Baggarly The Giants played with it most of the year, tin swords and all. And they stood their ground one last time Sunday afternoon, fighting for a come-from-behind 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that held more significance than...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants ace Tim Lincecum matched his career high with 13 strikeouts to finish with a majors-best 265, and gave Cy Young Award voters an impressive final start to think about in San Francisco's 3-1 victory over the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

Los Angeles concluded its division championship season at 84-78 and will face the NL Central champion Chicago Cubs starting Wednesday at Wrigley Field.

Andre Ethier doubled in the game's first run in the third for the Dodgers, who were managed by infielder Nomar Garciaparra, as is custom procedure for actual skipper Joe Torre on the season's last day. Garciaparra rested slugger Manny Ramirez and second baseman Jeff Kent.

San Francisco's Dave Roberts, aboard after a pinch-hit single, scored the go-ahead run on pinch-hitter Pablo Sandoval's RBI single in the seventh and Randy Winn added an RBI single in the eighth.

Lincecum (18-5), who also struck out 13 on July 26 against Arizona, recorded strikeouts for the first nine outs of the game — the first time that's happened since the Cubs' Sid Fernandez did so on July 30, 1986, at the New York Mets, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Lincecum had the most strikeouts in the majors since Randy Johnson's 290 in 2004 for Arizona. Johan Santana, then with Minnesota, had 265 that year.

Lincecum became the first pitcher in franchise...
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