Zito actually had a -0.3 WAR this season. He pitches in the most pitcher friendly park in MLB, so again, ERA just is not a telling stat. his strikeouts were down considerably, He gave up a lot of hits this season as well. Barry Zito is not a good pitcher. The randomness of baseball is that in small sample sizes, one game and short series, a ton of crazy stuff can happen.
And while I agreed with Moon on the W-L record and Barry Zito stinking, these nights happen. i don't see anything in the Cardinals game that would tell me they don't care. They just missed some chances early on to go ahead. They're still up 3-2 on the best team in the NL IMO and have Chris Carpenter still ready to go. Cardinals will be fine.
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