ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tim Lincecum held the Texas Rangers hitless through three innings as he tried to wrap up the Giants’ first World Series title since moving to San Francisco, but Cliff Lee was nearly as good and Game 5 of the World Series was scoreless Monday night.

Lincecum, who beat Lee in a Game 1 matchup of Cy Young Award winners, retired his first eight batters before walking Mitch Moreland on a 3-1 pitch. Lincecum then struck out leadoff man Elvis Andrus.

The right-hander struck out three, throwing 22 of 34 pitches for strikes. He allowed two balls out of the infield, opposite-field flies to right by Michael Young and Vladimir Guerrero.

Lee yielded two hits, struck out two and walked none, throwing 23 of 33 pitches for strikes.

Only five teams have overcome 3-1 deficits in best-of-seven World Series, none since the 1985 Kansas City Royals against the St. Louis Cardinals.

If Texas wins to force a Game 6, the Series would resume Wednesday night in San Francisco with Matt Cain pitching for the Giants against C.J. Wilson. Cain has allowed only a single unearned run in 21 1-3 innings over three postseason starts.

The Series extended into November for only the third time, following 2001 and 2009. Former President George W. Bush, a former Texas Rangers owner, watched his third straight game from a front-row seat to the plate side of the first-base dugout.

Lee had been 7-0 in eight postseason starts before losing to Lincecum in the opener, but the left-hander was far sharper this time with his curveball and changeup.

San Francisco had just two runners in the first three innings. Buster Posey lined a single over second baseman Ian Kinsler with two outs in the first, but Cody Ross popped out to shortstop on the next pitch. Andres Torres singled up the middle just past the glove of a diving Kinsler with two outs in the third, making Torres 7 for 20 (.350) in the Series. Freddy Sanchez then hit a soft liner up the middle, and Lee extended his glove up high to make the catch.

Benched in Game 4, Pat Burrell returned at designated hitter for the Giants rather than left field. Burrell entered 0 for 9 in the Series with eight strikeouts, and 19 strikeouts in 38 at-bats this postseason. Given a green light with a 3-0 count in the second, he fouled off a pitch before flying out to left.

Aaron Rowand got his first start of the Series in center, with Torres moving from center to right. Ross was in left for the second straight day, and Aubrey Huff was back at first base following a one-day stint as DH. Huff hit a go-ahead homer — his first in postseason play — in the third inning of Game 4.

Texas added right-hander Dustin Nippert to its active roster in place of Alexi Ogando, who strained a muscle on his left side during Sunday night’s game.