Two years ago during the Giants? championship run Barry Zito wasn?t even on the playoff roster, but now he?s starting Game 5 of the NLCS tonight with their season on the line.
The good news is that the Giants have won 12 straight Zito starts dating back to August 7.
The bad news is that win streak included Zito failing to make it out of the third inning against the Reds in the NLDS and his overall ERA in those 12 starts is 4.04. In other words, he hasn?t exactly been the driving force behind the dozen consecutive victories.
It will be Zito?s ninth career playoff start, but he hasn?t thrown more than four innings in a postseason outing since the ALDS in 2006, when he tossed eight innings of one-run ball versus Minnesota. To get a sense of how long ago that was, Frank Thomas was the A?s cleanup hitter and Johan Santana started for the Twins.
If the Giants can win tonight they?ll have Ryan Vogelsong and Matt Cain lined up for Games 6 and 7, but first they?ll need Zito to earn a big chunk of his much-maligned $127 million contract.
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