Oakland at San Francisco

Had to wonder if Barry Zito was ever going to win a game this season as the Giants dropped his first 9 starts. Signs of a pitcher that has won 115 big league games with an ERA of 3.75 are starting to show as the Giants have now won 3 of his last 4 starts and overall the Giant offense has been clicking for just about 6 runs a game over their last 20. Oakland will counter with Greg Smith who has begun to struggle, allowing 11 runs in 11 innings over his last 2 starts. We like the Giants as a live home dog in this one.