Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 05, 2008
Zito Finds his Groove

For one night at least, Barry Zito pitched well. His control was great tonight, striking out 10 Dodgers in seven innings of work. More importantly, he walked just one. How much of this was Zito figuring out his problem or facing a rather weak Dodgers lineup, only time will tell. Barry did give up two runs, but the Giants score twice in the bottom of the seventh to take a 3-2 lead and put Zito in position to win. With the Diamondbacks falling to the Padres, a Dodgers victory puts Los Angeles in first place.

Update: Molina drives in two more and the Giants lead 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:15 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Having read this article, I just went on the official MLB San Francisco website to have a look at Barry Zito's career stats - I was very impressed (up to the beginning of this season, obviously). However, I then looked a bit further down the page to see his 'Fantasy Comparison' with other pitchers around the leagues...

Francisco Rodriguez 1014.5
Jonathan Papelbon 953
Kerry Wood 942
Mariano Rivera 878.5
Barry Zito 14

Ouch.

Posted by: Hazey at July 6, 2008 07:13 AM

If Zito is turning it around the Giants may still be in the NL race being 10 games under .500 but only 6 games back. NL West is far and away the worst division in the majors with Diamondbacks first despite being under .500.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at July 6, 2008 08:37 AM

If Zito is turning it around the Giants may still be in the NL race being 10 games under .500 but only 6 games back. NL West is far and away the worst division in the majors with Diamondbacks first despite being under .500.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at July 6, 2008 08:37 AM
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