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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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Roy Halladay is well established as one of baseball’s best pitchers, but after spending 12 years without a trip to the postseason in Toronto, he’s hoping he can change that with the Philadelphia Phillies. While October is a long way off, he can cross another first off his list Wednesday afternoon. Halladay’s 295th career start will be his first in his hometown of Denver, where he’ll look to become the majors’ first seven-game winner as the Phillies and Rockies open a day-night doubleheader after Tuesday’s game was postponed by rain. Halladay didn’t sniff the postseason with the Blue Jays, but Philadelphia acquired him to have an ace to turn to in the playoffs. If he keeps pitching as well as he has in his first seven NL starts, the Phillies figure to have a great chance of making it to a third consecutive World Series. Halladay followed a three-hit shutout of New York on May 1 by holding St. Louis to two runs - one earned - while striking out nine over seven innings in a 7-2 win Thursday.
Though manager Charlie Manuel almost removed Halladay following an Albert Pujols RBI single in the seventh, Halladay wanted to stay in, and he got Matt Holliday to ground out. Halladay faced the Rockies once, tossing a two-hit shutout in Toronto on June 7, 2002. He grew up in Arvada, just northwest of Denver. One Rockies player has had a fair amount of success against the former Cy Young Award winner. Jason Giambi is a .314 hitter in 70 at-bats versus Halladay, and only Boston’s David Ortiz has homered more times than Giambi has against him. Perhaps that will earn him another start at first base Wednesday, particularly considering Giambi had three hits and three RBIs in Monday’s 9-5 series-opening loss after starting the season 2 for 22.
