Looking for his first win of the season after being beat in his first five starts, Barry Zito did not get it. The Giants were killed 10-1 after Zito was roughed up once again. He continues to look like the worst waste of money in baseball history.
Struggling is a good verb to describe Zito. He lasted three innings, giving up runs in each of them, six in the first, and one in each of the second. He allowed a total of eight earned runs on seven hits and three walks. Rookie Pat Misch relieved Zito and filled in nicely for the rest of the game, going six innings and giving up five hits, two of which were solo homers to Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips.
By the time the Giants got a chance to bat, they were already down by six runs, and only managed to produce one run during the entire game. All together, the Giants had seven hits, none of which were extra-base hits. The one run the offense put up was scored by pinch-hitter Emmanuel Burriss in the third inning, and driven in by rightfielder Randy Winn on a single.
Zito is still not recieving the run support he needs to be successful, but he really is not helping himself by pitching too effectively either. The Giants will send Matt Cain to the mound tomorrow when they will host the defending National League Champs, the Colorado Rockies in a three game series. The Rockies will start Franklin Morales at 7:15 p.m.
