The Phils continued their series with the Braves tonight as they looked to avenge their heartbreaking loss last night. Roy Halladay got the start and Atlanta never had a chance, not even the wunderkind Jason Heyward, who went o for 2. For the 2nd start in a row Halladay went the distance for a complete game shutout, while allowing just 7 hits and striking out 7. At 4-0 now, Halladay is just too much for National League hitters right now. He throw over 100 pitches for the 2nd start in a row and it could be construed as a concern that continuing to have him do that will wear him out, but that's just not the case. Halladay really is a horse, a throw back to the top pitchers of the past like "Lefty", Steve Carlon and "Tom Terrific", Tom Seaver, who thought nothing of going the distance every night. Therefore I don't have a problem with Halladay working so much, even this early in the season.
While Halladay was mowing them down, the Phils managed to scratch out a couple of runs. In the 2nd, Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez collected back to back doubles for one run. Werth doubled again in the 6th inning to score Ryan Howard for a 2nd run and well, that was it. Kinda boring, but sometimes boring is good. Still, it wasn't all Roy in this one he did have some help in the form of the Phils defense. Juan Castro, that's Jrolls' replacement at SS, made a couple good plays, including turning a huge double play in the 7th. Ryan Howard amazing stretch finished off that double play and he came up with a pretty nice unassisted out in the 9th. Finally, Shane Victorino made the play of the day, robbing Troy Glaus of homerun in the 2nd. As much as Roy won this one, the defense did as well. It's nice to have a defense good enough to win games for you. Anyway so the Phils move to 9-5 overall and will look to win the series tomorrow.
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