Barry Zito has finally won his 5th game of the season as the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals by the score of 6-3 on Tuesday evening. Zito is now 5-12 on the season with a 5.56 era. Great win for the Giants as they have now taken the first two games in a three game series against the visiting Nationals.
Zito threw six innings while giving up seven hits and three runs. He did walk three batters but also struckout five others. It was a decent start for Zito as it was enough to pick up the victory. Four different relief pitchers combined to throw the final four innings of the game and did not allow a run. Jack Taschner and Sergio Romo combined to throw the 7th inning while Tyler Walker threw the 8th inning and Brian Wilson notched his 26th save in the 9th inning.
At the plate for the Giants, Bengie Molina hit a two run home run and a solo home run to finish the game with three rbi. Both of Molina’s home runs came against Nationals starting pitcher Jason Bergmann. Fred Lewis also hit a solo home run off of Bergmann in the 1st inning. Omar Vizquel had a rbi double in the 4th inning and Aaron Rowand tacked on a rbi single in the 8th inning. That was enough offense for the Giants as they doubled up the Nationals.
