SCOTTSDALE—Barry Zito allowed just two base runners with a hit and a walk over five shutout innings and the San Francisco Giants defeated the White Sox 4-2 on Wednesday. Zito had such an efficient day that he didn’t reach his pitch limit in the game. He finished with 10 more pitches in the bullpen.Zito outperformed Jake Peavy of the White Sox, who allowed one run – an Aubrey Huff solo home run – and one hit in 3 2/3 innings.Peavy is coming back from shoulder surgery in July that ended his season.Peavy said he plans to start every five days throughout the spring.The Giants fielded a lineup that could closely resemble their opening day group at the end of this month, with the exception of ninth-place hitter Mark DeRosa, who was the designated hitter Wednesday.Huff drove in two runs and San Francisco scored three in the sixth inning on RBIs from Andres Torres, Huff and Buster Posey off reliever Jeff Gray.Giants closer Brian Wilson worked out of a jam in his inning of work. He gave up two hits and a walk and struck out two.The White Sox got back-to-back solo home runs from Adam Dunn and Stefan Gartrell in the ninth inning.

NOTES—Before Wednesday’s game, the White Sox optioned RHP Lucas Harrell and RHP Jhonny Nunez to Triple-A Charlotte, and reassigned RHP Kyle Bellamy, LHP Charlie Leesman, C Josh Phegley, C Jared Price and OF Brandon Short to minor-league camp. … Bochy said the Giants could make roster cuts by this weekend.