July 8
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Perhaps the Marlins should've started catcher John Baker against Giants soft-throwing left-hander Barry Zito Tuesday night. After all, Baker, who grew up in nearby Walnut Creek, began hitting wiffle balls when he was 18 months old. As it was, Zito (5-8) had Marlins batters, including Baker's replacement, Ronny Paulino, flailing at his off-speed curves and change-ups all night long as the Giants also used a two-run homer by Juan Uribe to roll to a 3-0 victory over ace Josh Johnson to take the first two games of this seven-game West Coast road trip. Zito, 30, who allowed four singles with six strikeouts in a season-high 8 1/3 innings, was two-outs away from his first complete-game shutout ..."