 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barry Zito akapedza mamwe mwaka miviri neAs pashure pokunge vatengesa Hudson naMulder. Mumwaka wa2006, Zito akapedza aine 16-10 rekodhi, 3.83 ERA, uye 151 strikeouts kubatsira kutungamira As kune AL West zita. Zito akabudirira zvikuru neAs mumutambo wekutanga weALDS sezvo akasiya chete imwe chete mumasere masere kuti atungamirire As kukunda 3-2 pamusoro peMinnesota Twins mumutambo wekutanga. VaA vakapedzisira vakunda mitambo miviri yakatevera kuti vakunde maTwin uye vapfuurire ku2006 ALCSkokutanga kubvira muna 1992, uyewo kukunda kwavo mutambo wokutanga wokupedza mwaka kubvira muna 1990. Zito akatora gomo reMutambo 1 weALCS vachipesana neDetroit Tigers asi akarasikirwa nematanho mashanu mu3.2 innings sezvo maAs akadonha kuTigers 5-1. As yakaguma ichirasikirwa nemitambo mitatu yakatevera uye yakatsvairwa neTigers muALCS. 