Opening Day – Zito Starts, Ties Record
Well it was opening day today, and of course we put our “Ace” on the mound to start the season off right. Right?
Wrong.
Barry Zito quickly crushed our hopes of a rebound from last years terrible season with three runs in the first. Matt Kemp singled to center which scored Rafael Furcal. Jeff Kent then took one deep out of left center scoring Matt Kemp.
In the second, Furcal got up once again singling Blake Dewitt home. Zito was yanked in the 5th just like most starting day pitchers were…oh they weren’t? Shit.
Zito finished with 4 earned runs of 8 hits, and threw 87 pitches. Overall, this looks to be a long season for the Giants “ace”.
Zito did however tie a major league record by losing his fourth straight opening day start. He now shares this with four other pitchers.
Zito said after the game “The first inning was obviously not what we wanted. Furcal’s a free-swinger and he hit a pitch that was at his shoulder, basically, and the ball stayed fair somehow. The pitch to Kent was a fastball away that just came over the middle, and I think that was the difference right there. I wanted to come out here and start off the season on a good note, but that first inning got out of hand. If I could take a couple of pitches back, it’s a one-run game.”
Giants fans, god help us all.
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC-ST |
ERA |
|
B Zito (L, 0-1) |
5.0 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
87-59 |
7.20 |
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