Blue Jays top Giants in First Game of Series

            The surging San Francisco Giants flew up north to square off with Melky Cabrera and the struggling Toronto Blue Jays.

            The Blue Jays started strong with an early rally, and it turned out to be too much for the Giants to overcome, as they fell 10-6 to last place Toronto.

            Coming into Tuesday night’s game, Barry Zito had a 0.55 ERA at home and a 14.21 ERA on the road. His first inning was a disaster, as he gave up six runs. Zito did not receive much help from his defense as they had two errors on the day.

            In the first inning, Zito gave up RBI singles to Edwin Encarnacion, Mark DeRosa, Colby Rasmus, Emilio Bonifacio, and Melky Cabrera.

            The Jays were hitting the ball all over the field in the first inning, which gave R.A. Dickey some cushion to perform well. He pitched six innings and gave up only two earned runs.

            In the second inning Nick Noonan singled to right to score Hunter Pence. Brandon Belt homered in the fourth inning, showing Giants Manager Bruce Bochy that he is ready to perform all season long.

            Toronto exploded for three more runs in the sixth inning and added their tenth of the game in the seventh on a Melky Cabrera double.

            Belt doubled to left in the eighth inning to score Hunter Pence again. In the ninth, the Giants made their last run at a comeback when Pablo Sandoval hit a three run shot.

            When asked about the game, Bochy said, “We made a lot of mistakes today.”

            Melky Cabrera put on a show today at the hands of his former team, maybe he wanted to prove last year was not a fluke, or he was just elated when he received his 2012 World Series ring.

            The Giants will try to stop Melky and the Blue Jays from completing the two game sweep.

            Tomorrow, Ryan Vogelsong matches up with Ramon Ortiz, who is taking the place of the injured Brandon Marrow. First pitch is at 4:07.