Just Awful

Zito started the second inning today by walking the bases full. He then needed 10 pitches to strike out catcher Chris Snyder, though apparently the umpire wasn't giving away any called strikes on the big curve, which hurts. Then Stephen Drew flew out to shallow right, and when Connor Jackson bluffed off third base to try and draw a throw, John "The Natural" Bowker fired in a rocket to the plate. Two down, and Brandon Webb (career .104 hitter) coming to the plate. Disaster averted.

Except not. Zito started the opposing pitcher off 2-0, and then, obliged to throw his 82 mph fastball over the plate, proceeded to watch Webb get just enough wood on a bloop single to right that scored a pair of runs. What a remarkably stupid chain of events. A nice little 38-pitch inning. Beautiful.