Roy Halladay made his triumphant return to Toronto today, and I do mean triumphant. The standing ovation that Roy received from the fans at the Rogers Centre lasted more than a minute and a half. If you want to see the video for yourself, click here. In a complete game performance, the good doctor allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and 3 runs, while striking out 8. This was the first time that Halladay threw against his former club in Toronto, and the first time that Toronto experienced the Doc Effect. Man, if this guy isn’t on your team, you have to want to pull your hair out. Home plate umpire, Alfonso Marquez, was giving the edges, and Roy was using them. With Roy’s 8 K’s, he took over the league lead in strike outs with 131 punch outs.
The game wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies, however. The Phillies were able to jump out to an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Blue Jays would come back to tie it in the bottom of the fourth off a shot to center from Jose Bautista that was, literally, still rising when it hit the windows over the center field wall. It was Bautista’s 26th home run of the season and it was long. Now, it’s not good form to claim that someone’s cheating if you don’t have the evidence, but I will say that Bautista’s surge in power numbers are very “interesting.” Again, I’m not going to say the “S” word, but someone seriously needs to check this guy’s juice box.
The Phillies were able to answer back, however, with a run of their own in the top of the 5th, but the lead was not meant to last. In the bottom of the 5th, the Jay birds dinked and doinked there way to 2 runs to take a 3-2 lead. That lead would last until the top of the 7th when Carlos Ruiz lead off the inning with a double off the wall. He would make it to third, tagging up on a Jimmy Rollins fly ball, and then stayed there while Placido Polanco grounded out to short. With two outs and two strikes, Chase Utley would show us why we love him so, by putting a ball over the wall to right for a two run home run. The Phillies had the lead 4-3, and Doc looked to keep it that way. He struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh, while also allowing a hit, and kept the Blue Jays off the board again in the eighth. Then the top of the ninth came around, and so did the fireworks.
The tallest man in baseball, Toronto reliever Jon Rauch, came in to pitch, but he wouldn’t make it through the inning. In a tough AB against Ryan Howard, the home plate umpire, Marquez, called two very close pitches balls resulting in a walk. With runners on 1st and 2nd, Shane Victorino served a single to left which scored Chase Utley. Rauch didn’t take to kindly to this, sticking his glove in the the face of Alfonso Marquez and telling him that the run was him. Marquez returned the favor with the old heave-ho to Rauch. The 6′ 11″ pitcher went ballistic, and had to be restrained by his manager John Farrell and several other players. Farrell would end up getting tossed as well, moments later, while complaining about the strike zone. He and Marquez got into each other’s faces, dirt was kicked and Phillies fans around the world laughed as Toronto fans threw things on the field.
Following that, Roy went out and finished what he started, blanking the Jays in the ninth frame to earn the win in his sixth complete game of the season. The Phillies now look to complete the sweep tomorrow at 1:07 with Cliff “Whater” Lee on the mound.
SW-Ian Anderson
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