Ever since Cliff Lee returned to the Phillies it seems as though today was taking forever to get here. But this afternoon the Phillies opened their 2011 season with Roy Halladay on the mound. Halladay did not disappoint, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits while striking out 6 in 6 innings. On other hand for most of the day the Phils lineup was a letdown as old friend, Brett Myers held them to just 2 runs on 3 hits through 7. Both runs Myers allowed came in the 7th, on sac fly by Ryan Howard, and a groundball off the bat of Raul Ibanez. In the 8th inning the Phils put another zero on the board. And so they came into the 9th down 4-2 and primed to lose another home/season opener. Not so fast. Jimmy Rollins led off the 9th with a single. Howard followed with another single to put the tying run with nobody out. With 1 out Ben Francisco slapped an RBI single to cut it to 4-3. Carlos Ruiz followed with another single to load the bases for Wilson Valdez. He delivered with the 5th single of the inning to tie things up at 4. Finally John Mayberry Jr, playing in his first opening day, collected the game winning and 6th single of the inning, to cap off probably the most improbable 5-4 opening day win in Phils history.
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