This is actress Lauren German. You may have seen her in Hostel Part II. (Her 2002 Maxim spread is here; after the jump, an artsy photo of her.)

Apparently, she is dating San Francisco Giants $126 million pitcher Barry Zito.

A reader with an affinity for wine found this little nugget on page three of the Parsonage Village Vineyard 2007 newsletter. (Most obscure TBL item ever? Perhaps.) Although the newsletter mentions a photo, we couldn’t find it online. If you remain dubious about the relationship, there’s the always-reliable (enter eye-roll here) girlfriend forum, where anonymous women (maybe they’re women?) spew gobs and gobs of litigious hearsay about the couple.

Assuming they’re still together, Zito’s affinity for actresses continues: Alyssa Milano, Hillary Duff, and now Lauren German.