Dorks And Losers

Barry Zito earned his first vic­tory in a tumul­tuous 2008 sea­son with an 8–2 vic­tory over the NL East lead­ing Florida Mar­lins Fri­day night (5.23.08).

[photo via Doug Benc/Getty Images]

Zito pitched 6.1 innings with 5 SOs and 4 BBs, whiling giv­ing up a run on three hits. The most impor­tant fig­ure to look at other than the one earned run is the 5 SOs, since many have talked about Zito’s declin­ing stuff as the rea­son for his huge drop-off from his Oak­land Ath­let­ics days. The $126 mil­lion pitcher is now 1–8. Look­ing at his pre­vi­ous starts, this might be the begin­ning of a streak.

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