Roy Halladay (10-3) picked up his fifth complete game of the season in a dominant 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon. He is now tied with CC Sabathia, Jair Jurrjens and Justin Verlander for the MLB lead in wins.
Athletics Vs. Phillies: Roy Halladay Defeats A’s, 3-1, For Fifth Complete Game
Halladay scattered eight hits throughout the game, his only blemish coming in the fourth inning. Coco Crisp led off the inning with a bunt single and moved over to second base on a Hideki Matsui ground out to second. After Conor Jackson popped out in foul territory, Ryan Sweeney hit a soft single to shallow center field to score Crisp.
There was a tough situation in the seventh for Halladay when he allowed Conor Jackson and Scott Sizemore to reach base on a single and a double, respectively, with one out. But Halladay was able to get Landon Powell to pop out to second base and then struck out pinch-hitter David DeJesus to end the inning.
The Phillies scored twice in the first inning on a shallow single to left by Shane Victorino and a double play by Ryan Howard. In the fifth inning, Ben Francisco's bases load infield single scored Jimmy Rolling for the 3-1 lead.
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