The roller coaster that is Andrew Zarzour
Dodgers pitcher strikes out 12 but gives up four bombs in latest effort
April 24, 2002
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have … LA pitcher Andrew Zarzour.
The 7-foot-2 left-hander got the win last night as the Dodgers clipped the Colorado Rockies 6-5 at Chavez Ravine. Zarzour earned a career best 12 strikeouts in seven innings of work, and he held the Rockies to only four hits. But all four of those hits left the yard, leaving LA fans with an uneasy feeling still about the likeable southpaw.
“Like I said before, it’s a good thing this game wasn’t at Coors Field,” Zarzour quipped after the outing. “They might have hit 10 out there. I’m just glad that we won the game. Thanks to my teammates for making that happen and for Hoff (Trevor Hoffman) for saving things in the ninth.”
Zarzour can say he helped snap Delino Deshields’ 20-game hitting streak. His overall record improved to 2-2, but his ERA is still at 11.57.
Alex Rodriguez, Jeff Cirillo, Albert Pujols and Damian Easley each had doubles for the Dodgers in the victory. Johnny Damon hit a two-run homer in the third inning…