St. Louis Cardinals’ Lance Lynn breaks his bat as he hits into a double play during the second inning of Game 5 of baseball’s National League championship series against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in St. Louis.ST. LOUIS – The big curveball was back, and Barry Zito mixed in some well-placed fastballs, too.
It was just like the good old days.
Zito was at his best Friday night, pitching San Francisco back into the NL championship series with a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals that narrowed its deficit to 3-2.
“All things considered, you know, there’s definitely some playoff memories there, but they were in a different uniform,” the soft-tossing lefty said after his first playoff win in six years sent the series back to San Francisco.
“This was probably the biggest one for me.”