No losing streak is safe when you've got Roy Halladay on the mound. After dropping a heartbreaker to the Cubs last night, it was Halladay's duty to ensure the Phils would have a short memory of it. Ultimately he delivered with 7 scoreless innings, while striking out 9 and allowing just 6 hits. Unfortunately the Phils bullpen nearly gave it all back again before pair of young guns saved the day. In between, Shane Victorino scored on a fielder's choice in the 1st, Dom Brown bashed a 2 run homer in the 2nd inning, and Placido Polanco slugged a grand slam, the 100th homer of his career, in the 7th inning. So the Phils went into the 8th inning ahead 7-0 and seemingly assured of victory. Not so fast. Jose Contreras and J.C Romero combined to allow 5 runs on 4 hits while registering just 1 out in the 8th. Finally the rookie, Micheal Stutes, was forced into action and he got out of the inning with a 7-5 lead intact. He then got the benefit of a spectacular strike em out throw em out double play from Carlos Ruiz to Chase Utley to start the 9th. Young Antonio Bastardo followed with a strikeout of Carlos Pena to close out a more exciting than it needed to be 7-5 win. The win is Halladay's league leading 9th of the season.
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