Tim Lincecum got his act together. Now it's Barry Zito's turn.
Both had awful Augusts, but Lincecum suddenly turned it around on the first day of September, tossing eight innings of one-run ball in the Giants' 2-1 victory over the Rockies.
Zito is second in the San Francisco rotation, and he pitches Friday's series opener at Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers are trying to be relevant down the stretch and perhaps harm the Giants' postseason chances along the way.
Zito hopes to do what Lincecum did and forget about his August and get an early September win. Last month, Zito was 0-4 with a 7.76 ERA. In what started as a promising season, Zito is back to his old tricks, posting an 8-10 record and 4.07 ERA.