Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Zito zutere Reds na Egwuregwu 4 nke National League Division Series (NLDS) na Ọktọba 10 ma lụọ ọgụ, a na-adọta ya na nke atọ mgbe o nyechara ọsọ abụọ. Agbanyeghị, ndị Giants gara n'ihu merie 8<unk>3. Ndị Giants, mgbe ha tufuru egwuregwu abụọ mbụ nke usoro ahụ, ghọrọ ndị otu mbụ na-agbakọta site na ụkọ 2 <unk> 0 na NLDS, na-emeri usoro ahụ na egwuregwu ise. N'abalị iri na itoolu n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2012, Zito gbakere ma gbaa egwuregwu kachasị mma na ọrụ ya, na-atụba 7 shutout innings megide St. Louis Cardinals na Egwuregwu 5 nke
National League Championship Series (NLCS), na-enweta mmeri. Ọ bụ mmeri mbụ ya na postseason kemgbe 2006 na dịka Zito n'onwe ya si kwuo, bụ mmeri kasịnụ na ọrụ ya. N'otu ụbọchị ahụ, Zito kpaliri hashtag Twitter "#rallyzito", nke, n'azụ mgbalị nke ndị na-akwado Giants, na-ewu ewu n'ụwa niile na saịtị ịkparịta ụka n'socialntanet. Ndị Giants, mgbe ha gbasịrị 3<unk>1 n'usoro egwuregwu ahụ, meriri n'egwuregwu asaa.