Jays give this one away with non-existent hitting.

Toronto v Washington. Game one of three.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Lind, Rios, Overbay, Barajas and Tallet pitching.
Washington: Guzman, Johnson, Zimmerman, Dunn, Dukes, Bard, Harris, Hernandez and Zimmerman pitching.

Jays fresh off that great sweep in Philadelphia but you know that they could just as easily get swept by Washington, Just no consistency and more important this is team at bottom of the league that should be beaten up by the Jays. However Nationals on their own high after taking series with Yankees in New York.

The good: Scutaro hustle in the 11th to get to second. Five walks with Overbay taking three of them. Not much else her I am afraid. Same old errors.
The bad: Hitters all night. Cito uses 18 to get through this one. I can see future problems here. Cito has to get this team more aggressive tomorrow, they should be sweeping the Nationals. Taking them too easy and it never works at least not with the Jays. 13 left on base and 1/7 with runners in scoring position. That will get them nowhere.

Top 1st: Scutaro grounds back to pitcher Jordan Zimmermann throw to first base Johnson. Hill strikes out. Wells singles to centre. Rolen fly ball to centre field Harris.
Bottom 1st: Guzman pops up to Scutaro. Johnson 3-0 count and walks on four pitches. Zimmerman fly ball to Lind. Dunn singles to centre, Johnson to third. Dukes fly ball to Rios.

Top 2nd: Lind strikes out. Rios pops up to second base Hernandez. Two down. Overbay full count and walks. Barajas pops up to first base Johnson for third out.
Bottom 2nd: Bard grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay. One down for Harris, grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Hernandez singles to right. Zimmermann grounds to Tallet throw to Overbay.

Top 3rd: Tallet strikes out. Scutaro lines out to second base Hernandez. Two down. Hill grounds to short safe at first. Wells with one on two down, singles to centre, Hill to second. Rolen lines out to right field Dukes.
Bottom 3rd: Guzman fly ball to Lind. Johnson singles to right. Zimmerman lines out to Rios. Dunn grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay.

Top 4th: Lind grounds to Hernandez at second throw to Johnson at first. Rios awful swing at ball way outside. Pops up to Guzman at short, two down for Overbay grounds to Hernandez drops the ball error to Hernandez. Lyle safe at first. Barajas with two down and one on. Full count and walks. Tallet with two down and two on. Chops it to Guzman at short throw to first base Johnson.
Bottom 4th: Dukes one down for Bard 3-0 coiunt and waks on four pitches. Second walk by Tallet. Harris this is trouble, doubles to right. Throw gets away but runners hold. Could have scored there. Intentional walk to Hernandez to get to Zimmerman. Tallet with bases loaded. Big chance for Zimmerman. Grounds to Hill, throw to second on to Overbay safe at first. Zimmerman can run. 1-0 Washington. Runners at the corners two down for Johnson, pops it up to Barajas.

Top 5th: Scutaro at bat, Zimmerman at 77 pitches. Grounds to Zimmerman at third, throw to Johnson at first one down. Hill fly ball to Dukes in right. Wells 3-0 count, pops it up to Zimmerman behind third base and Jays go quietly again. They can’t seem to solve Zimmerman tonight.
Bottom 5th: Johnson, singles to left. Zimmerman 3-1 count, lines out to Wells, nice running catch to his right by Vernon. One down one on for Dunn. Pops it up to Rolen playing the shift, he had to run for that from short to third. Dukes grounds to Rolen throw to Hill for third out.

Top 6th: Rolen singles to left, Lind with one on. fouling them off here, fly ball to Dunn in left, Rolen holds at first. Rios 0-3. first pitch fly ball out to Harris in centre. Overbay Wells up in Nationals bullpen, Overbay walks. Two on two down for Barajas. Here comes pitching coach, buying time. Zimmerman at 102 pitches. Make him pay Rod. Tallet on deck. Camp up in Jays bullpen just in case Barajas gets on and Cito needs pinch hitter. That’s the way Rod, singles over leaping second base Hernandez, Rolen scores this game is all tied up 1-1. Here comes Super Joe…That’s it for Tallet. Two on and two down. That’s it for Zimmerman 106 pitches. Carlson also up in Jays bullpen. Kip Wells now pitching. Inglett first pitch fly ball to left. That was worth waiting for. Please, please send this guy back to Vegas. He has no idea at all.Cito just lost Tallet for another inning. He was only on 70 odd pitches. Atlanta all over Boston and Dice-K winning 6-0. Would be good to see Boston swept in that series.
Bottom 6th: Carlson pitching. Bard at bat, Full count on Bard could not check that swing. Harris at bat. Full count and walks. Hernandez 3-0 count, Carlson missing badly here. Harris stealing, great throw by Barajas to get him at second. Two down. Full count to Hernandez. Way outside. Walks him. Kearns pinch hitting. Long fly ball right to the wall but Vernon is there for third out.

Top 7th: Tavarez pitching. Top of the order, Scutaro. 0-3 tonight. Grounds weakly to Zimmerman at third, throw to Johnson at first for the out. Hill, 1-3.Lines out to Dunn in left, two down for Wells 2-3 tonight. Knocks hm down with this one.Nasty pitch, up and inside just misses his head, not good. Not intentional, pitch got away, next pitch is down and away and misses. Full count as Vernon swings and misses. Swings at ball outside down and away, come on Vernon, that was ball four. Jays go quietly again.
Bottom 7th: Hayhurst pitching. Guzman at bat, grounds to Overbay throw not in time to Hayhurst. Gotta get over there faster than that Dirk. Cito does not agree and is out there. Not much luck but at least Cito gets the exercise. One on for Johnson, gets hold of this one off the wall in centre, runners at second and third and no outs trouble here for Hayhurst. Zimmerman at bat. Full count. Strikes out looking, huge strike. Dunn now with two on one down. Intentional walk. Dukes now here comes Cito. Camp pitching. bases loaded Dukes strikes out. Bard strikes out. Very nice pitching by Camp.

Top 8th: Rolen grounds to short bobbled by Guzman and Rolen safe at first on the error. Villone pitching. Lind pops up right field Dukes. Rios doubles to right, Rolen to third. Overbay full count and walks. Double switch here Patterson in as right field and Hanrahan pitching. Bases loaded with one out. Barajas grounds to third base Zimmerman coming home and Rolen out. Throw to first by Bard, Barajas safe at first, Rios to third, Overbay to second. Bases loaded, two down.
Millar pinch-hitting for Camp, fly ball to centre field Harris.
Bottom 8th: Accardo pitching. Harris strikes out. Hernandez bunting, back to Accardo throw to Overbay. Two down. Patterson singles to left. Guzman, Patterson stealing, safe at second. Throw was there but not on target. Guzman chance to amend for that error strikes out.

Top 9th: Scutaro grounds to Guzman throw to first base Johnson. One down for Hill, same again first pitch grounds to Guzman at short throw to first base Johnson. Two down and not a good at bat by Hill. Wells another two hit night, hammers this one to centre field, what a great running and full stretch grab by Harris. Robs Vernon of at least a double.
Bottom 9th: Zimmerman, strikes out. Dunn with one on and one down, full count, strikes him out,,, huge strikeout there. Jeremy. Dukes grounds back to Accardo, flip to Overbay.This game is extra innings. Boston has lost to Atlanta at Fenway, Jays need to pick up another here. Yankees have beaten the Marlins in Florida.

Top 10th: Beemel pitching, the Jays big guys now, Rolen at bat 1-4 tonight. Grounds to Johnson at first one down. Lind, overdue here Adam, 0-4 tonight. Full count. Pops it up to Zimmerman at third. Lind 0-5. Rios now, last chance Alex. 3-1 count, does not swing and walks on that pitch, good at bat Alex. Now don’t mess up on the bases. Overbay fly ball to Dunn in left for third out.
Bottom 10th: League out there. Bard pops first pitch up to Lind in shallow left. Harris shows bunt, strikes out on three. Hernandez full count on a wild pitch. Settle down here Brandon. That’s better, grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay for third out.

Top 11th: Crowd has really thinned out. Belliard at second.Colome now pitching, Nationals bullpen has been very good up to now at least. Barajas leading off, can he repeat yesterday’s heroics? Gives it a try, opposite field fly ball into the right field corner for Patterson. Pinch hitter Bautista strikes out, two down for Scutaro who has had a lousy night at bat so far. 0-5. Ouch. You know Marco does not want to go 0-6. Patience here, 3-0 count. Takes two to make it full. There you go Marco, singles to left and stretching it into two on Dunn’s fumble in left and throw which gets away from second. Hustle again by Scutaro on the bases. Hill now can he bring him in here? Balk, wow that’s a piece of luck, Scutaro to third. Here comes Manager Acta but to settle Colome down, shouts at him and goes back to dugout. Hill fly ball to centre wastes that great effort by Scutaro. Hill having a bad night 1-6 and some lousy at bats.
Bottom 11th: Frasor now pitching, Cito running out of options here. Patterson leading off. Bunting but foul. Grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay, one down for Bard lines it hard right back at Frasor and knocks his glove off, Patterson safe at first. Johnson with one on and one down, full count, come on Jason. Walks him. Winning run in scoring position. Zimmerman 0-5 tonight. Two on but Patterson at second is the guy to worry about. 2-0 count, Frasor rattled. 3-0. Walks him on four pitches. This is the game here. Bases loaded one down for the last guy you want to see, Adam Dunn. Have to pitch to him Jason. 0-2 count, lines it past Overbay in right field. Washington wins this one 2-1.

You could see this coming all game. Jays were flat all night. A huge letdown after Philadelphia. This is a series they should have swept and bigtime.
Cecil back tomorrow for another shot at the team. I fear another seven pitcher game if hitters cannot help out.