Lincecum sets strikeout record but loses game

Tim Lincecum had a rare bad outing, slipping in the Cy Young race as the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Giants' young ace 9-4 on Tuesday night.

Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki had four hits including a home run, and drove in three runs. Seth Smith homered and had three hits for the Rockies, who snapped a five-game road losing streak, winning on the road for the first time in September.

Ubaldo Jimenez (12-12) pitched six innings, giving up three runs and four hits with four walks and four strikeouts, to beat the Giants for the first time in five career starts. He won his third straight decision.

Chris Iannetta and Joe Koshansky also drove in two runs each for the Rockies.

Jason Grilli and Ryan Speier each threw a scoreless inning and Manuel Corpas pitched the ninth, giving up an RBI double to Nate Schierholtz.

Lincecum (17-5) struck out in 4 1-3 innings to set the San Francisco single-season record with 252 strikeouts. He also allowed six runs and five hits with five walks. His ERA jumped up to 2.66, a point higher than that of New York Mets ace Johan Santana. Lincecum lost his second straight after a six-game winning streak.

Lincecum, making a serious bid for the NL's best pitcher award, has thrown a combined 709 pitches in his last six starts (an average of 118 per start). He's scheduled to start Sunday's season finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lincecum allowed his 11th home run, Smith's solo shot in the third, to drop him into a first place tie with Jimenez for fewest homers allowed among NL pitchers with at least 120 innings pitched.

Aaron Rowand, Omar Vizquel and Randy Winn drove in runs for the Giants, who lost their sixth in eight games.