It took Roy Halladay 13 full seasons to finally get a taste of post-season playoff baseball.
Savor it, Mr. Halladay, it was worth the wait.
“Mr. Doc-tober” took the hill last night in his first playoff start and was, in a word, unhittable.
“Doc” performed surgery, tossing only the second post-season no-hitter in Major League Baseball history on what had been the best offensive lineup in the National League.
Simply put, the Reds were no match for Halladay, who also knocked in a run during the Phils’ 4-0 win.
Halladay joins some elite company, becoming only the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the post-season. He now sits on that lofty perch with Don Larsen, who threw a perfect game for the Yankees against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series.
Halladay was in command from the start, the only blemish a walk on a 3-2 pitch to Jay Bruce in the fifth inning.
The final out was recorded when Brandon Phillips hit a tapper in front of the plate, which catcher Carlos Ruiz pounced on and threw to Ryan Howard from his knees.
Citizens Bank Park, jammed with more than 46,000 fans waving white Phillies rally towels, surged with the kind of electricity found in very few events.
They had just witnessed history. Or, you might say, Histo-Roy.
Savor it, Mr. Halladay, it was worth the wait.
“Mr. Doc-tober” took the hill last night in his first playoff start and was, in a word, unhittable.
“Doc” performed surgery, tossing only the second post-season no-hitter in Major League Baseball history on what had been the best offensive lineup in the National League.
Simply put, the Reds were no match for Halladay, who also knocked in a run during the Phils’ 4-0 win.
Halladay joins some elite company, becoming only the second pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the post-season. He now sits on that lofty perch with Don Larsen, who threw a perfect game for the Yankees against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series.
Halladay was in command from the start, the only blemish a walk on a 3-2 pitch to Jay Bruce in the fifth inning.
The final out was recorded when Brandon Phillips hit a tapper in front of the plate, which catcher Carlos Ruiz pounced on and threw to Ryan Howard from his knees.
Citizens Bank Park, jammed with more than 46,000 fans waving white Phillies rally towels, surged with the kind of electricity found in very few events.
They had just witnessed history. Or, you might say, Histo-Roy.
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