The Phils completed their series with the Astros this afternoon with the first NL style battle of the Roys, that is the Phils Halladay against the Astros Oswalt. In this case after Jimmy Rollins slammed a leadoff homer and Raul Ibanez doubled and scored in the 2nd for a 2-0 lead, Halladay bested Oswalt. In fact, Halladay bested all of the Astros in a complete game gem, allowing just 1 run on 7 hits while striking out 8. He was really all the Phillies needed today against the struggling Stros. The bullpen never even had to bother warming up. It was Halladay's day all the way.
He did get himself into a couple of jams thanks to his own bad fielding, but he got out of them without much of a problem. There's not really not much else to say. This is simply what you should expect from him the rest of the way.
Unfortunately the Phils streak of 10 + hit games came to end today, as they racked up just 6 hits, but they didn't really need to do anymore. Jimmy Rollins was big star of the day, with 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 run scored and 5 total bases. Shane Victorino, Ibanez as mentioned, and Chase Utley also collected hits as well. So it was a solid effort all around, at least as solid as you need to be with Roy on the mound. The Phils have now 5 of their first 6 games as they head home for their opener at the Bank tomorrow. Hopefully the good times will keep rolling in front of the home crowd.
2 comments:
Its said to see that incredible hit streak go but its nice to see the win streak continue. Also I think I would rather see Halladay get into jams due to poor fielding as opposed to poor pitching because pitchers dont often have to many errors.
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okay if you say so
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