Anybody remember Roy Halladay?
He’s the ace of the Toronto Blue Jays who was the apple of most Phillies fans back during the build-up to the trade deadline.
Ruben Amaro Jr. decided the Blue Jays were asking too much, in particular two of the Phils’ best young arms, J.A. Happ and Kyle Drabek.
He nixed the offer.
Instead Amaro hooked up with the Indians and sent a slew of lesser prospects to Cleveland for the current AL Cy Young Award winner, Cliff Lee.
What happened next has been almost magical. Lee has gone to the hill four times for the Phils. He’s posted four wins, and looked dominant in almost all of them.
In two of the outings, including last night, Lee no-hit the opposition into the sixth.
All Lee did last night was blow away the Indians, striking out a career high 11, walking nobody. He gave up two hits and just a single unearned run. It was his fifth complete game this year, and second in a Phils’
uniform.
Then there is this: Lee’s ERA since joining the Phils is a miniscule 0.82.
Not surprisingly, he was toasted when he came to bat, as well as in the ninth when he put down the Diamondbacks in order by the biggest crowd to pack Citizens Bank Park so far this year, 45,647.
Couple Lee’s dominance with another display of power from the Phils’
lineup, including homers by Chasey Utley, Ryan Howard and two for Jayson Werth, and the Phils cruise to a 8-1 win.
The Phils are now 5.5 games up in the NL East over the Marlins.
And Lee is a big reason.
Roy who?
He’s the ace of the Toronto Blue Jays who was the apple of most Phillies fans back during the build-up to the trade deadline.
Ruben Amaro Jr. decided the Blue Jays were asking too much, in particular two of the Phils’ best young arms, J.A. Happ and Kyle Drabek.
He nixed the offer.
Instead Amaro hooked up with the Indians and sent a slew of lesser prospects to Cleveland for the current AL Cy Young Award winner, Cliff Lee.
What happened next has been almost magical. Lee has gone to the hill four times for the Phils. He’s posted four wins, and looked dominant in almost all of them.
In two of the outings, including last night, Lee no-hit the opposition into the sixth.
All Lee did last night was blow away the Indians, striking out a career high 11, walking nobody. He gave up two hits and just a single unearned run. It was his fifth complete game this year, and second in a Phils’
uniform.
Then there is this: Lee’s ERA since joining the Phils is a miniscule 0.82.
Not surprisingly, he was toasted when he came to bat, as well as in the ninth when he put down the Diamondbacks in order by the biggest crowd to pack Citizens Bank Park so far this year, 45,647.
Couple Lee’s dominance with another display of power from the Phils’
lineup, including homers by Chasey Utley, Ryan Howard and two for Jayson Werth, and the Phils cruise to a 8-1 win.
The Phils are now 5.5 games up in the NL East over the Marlins.
And Lee is a big reason.
Roy who?
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