Zito Proves His Worth... Sort Of

$49, 315.07 = How much Zito gets paid by the Giants every day. He (sort of) earned that fifty thousand bucks last night by giving up only one run (which came from a bases loaded walk). Go Zito, keep it up, more strikes please, stop walking the stadium.



On the other side of the ball, the offense has been decent for a while now. They scored 3 in the first inning against a useless Brett Tomko and tacked on an insurance run in the 7th. The bullpen did okay, except it was a nightmare during the eighth and ninth innings. Chulk got one out but allowed two singles and was yanked for Taschner. Tasch proceeded to walk Loney and promptly got yanked for Hennessey. Brad struck out Saenz and got Martinez to ground out. Brad's got brass balls. The Dodgers had the bases loaded and got nothing out of it. Sounds a bit like the Giants.

The ninth inning got ugly. Hennessey allowed a single and a walk, but got Pierre to line out to him. But in his haste to end the game with a triple play, Brad threw the ball behind Omar, who was running toward second. The runners did not advance, but there still was only one out. Hennessey walked the next batter, and then Bochy pulled him for Kline. Kline got the second out, but allowed one run to score. He IBB'd Garciaparra, who hit a 2-run homer off Messenger the day before, and then got Loney to ground out. End game.

Yeah, so the Giants are heading to San Diego, the Dodgers are left wondering why the got suckered by the last-place Giants, and the order is restored.

Matt Cain versus Greg Maddux tonight. This'll be a good matchup to watch. Hopefully Cain's figured everything out. Just pound the zone, kid, and you'll be fine. Bonds has eight HR's off Maddux, but Maddux has not lost to the Giants since 2003. 4 years of ownage. Time to return the favor.