Perfection. That's what was on display for the Phils and Roy Halladay tonight. As the man widely considered the best pitcher in baseball it has come to be expected that Halladay will pitch a gem every time he takes the mound, but this so much than that. It was clinic in every sense of the word. Never has a pitcher in a Phillies uniform been in more command of his pitches than Halladay was tonight. You could have tied the smallest of strings into knot, placed it over the outside corner of the plate and he would have hit it. The Marlins never new what hit them and really had no chance against him. They spent pretty much the whole night guessing what he was going to throw next and failing miserably.
The Phils didn't do much better against Josh Johnson. Sure they managed 7 hits, but only a misplayed fly ball by Cameron Maybin averted another shutout, as Wilson Valdez scored from 1st and Chase Utley wound up on 3rd on the error. The Marlins weren't so lucky. 27 of them came to plate against Halladay and 27 were retired. Juan Castro, playing at 3rd in place of Placido Polanco, gloved the final out, spun, and threw to first to complete the 20th perfect game in MLB history and 2nd in Phillies history after Jim Bunning on father's day in 1964. Yep that's what went on in Miami tonight. Perfection.
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