Zito was fantastic in relief in Friday's spring game, striking out five in three innings while allowing no walks or hits. Zito still figures to be on the outside looking in regarding the A's rotation battle, but is certainly showing something to the A's and possibly to other teams that may need pitching help. He has now thrown seven scoreless innings in his last two outings and his spring ERA now sits at 3.09 over 11.2 innings.