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Zito tries to bounce back for Giants

May 23, 2007 - 3:43 PM Houston (21-24) at San Francisco (23-22) 10:15 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Barry Zito would like to forget his last outing.

Zito tries rebound from a horrendous start when the San Francisco Giants battle the Houston Astros in the finale of their three-games series Wednesday.

The former American League Cy Young Award winner was pounded in his last start, surrendering seven runs and six hits with a season-high seven walks of a 15-3 setback to the Oakland Athletics on Friday.

Zito (3-5, 5.13 ERA) has lost two straight starts, allowing four homers en route to an eye-popping 11.70 ERA. The lefthander will see if he can get back on track in his first appearance against Houston.

The Astros' Matt Albers (1-3, 6.51) also takes the hill with the hopes of bouncing back from a dismal outing. The rookie righthander was touched up for five runs and six hits in six innings in a 7-4 loss to the Texas Rangers on Friday.

Ray Durham and Pedro Feliz each had two RBI for San Francisco, which posted 4-2 victory Tuesday to push its winning streak to three games.

San Francisco has not won at least four games in a row since April and seeks its first three-games series sweep of Astros in four seasons.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
    SAN FRANCISCO 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 x 9 11 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: HOU - MATT ALBERS, RICK WHITE (7TH), BRIAN MOEHLER (8TH) AND
    HUMBERTO QUINTERO
    SFO - BARRY ZITO, BRAD HENNESSEY (8TH), RUSS ORTIZ
    (9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

    HOME RU

    May 24 12:48 AM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN FRANDSEN SCORED RANDY WINN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, K FRANDSEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    SAN FRANCISCO 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R DURHAM (.257, 1-FOR-3, SF, 2 RBI)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 24 12:40 AM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY RANDY WINN SCORED OMAR VIZQUEL AND DANIEL
    ORTMEIER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R WINN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    SAN FRANCISCO 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: F LEWIS (.313, 0-FOR-2, 2 BB)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 24 12:34 AM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY BENGIE MOLINA SCORED RYAN KLESKO AND RAY DURHAM.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B MOLINA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    SAN FRANCISCO 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: P FELIZ (.259, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 24 12:15 AM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RAY DURHAM SCORED RANDY WINN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R DURHAM ON FIRST, R KLESKO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    SAN FRANCISCO 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.303, 1-FOR-3, 2 RBI)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 24 12:14 AM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MORGAN ENSBERG (3) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF BARRY ZITO.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1, SAN FRANCISCO 3
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M LORETTA (.329, 0-FOR-1)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 23 11:09 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY RAY DURHAM SCORED FRED LEWIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R KLESKO ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.308, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 23 11:02 PM


  • NL
    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BENGIE MOLINA SCORED RANDY WINN AND FRED LEWIS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B MOLINA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: P FELIZ (.262, 6 HR, 21 RBI)

    Astros vs. GiantsMay 23 10:32 PM

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