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For the first time this season, Halladay was not very good. Although he defense did not help him, Halladay gave up 7 runs in an 8-3 loss to the Red Sox. After winning the first game against the Red Sox, the Phils continued their habit of losing to AL teams and looked pretty bad in this game.
This was definitely Roy Halladay’s worst outing with the Phils. Halladay surrendered seven runs (six earned) in 5 2/3 innings. It was his second straight loss and the first time he did not last six innings since Aug. 19, 2009. Halladay has been in trouble before this season, but he always seems to walk away with minimum damage. He wasn’t so lucky on Sunday.
The Red Sox scored a run in the second inning after a leadoff triple by Kevin Youkilis and an RBI groundout by J.D. Drew. The Red Sox had loaded the bases in the fourth inning with one out when it looked like Halladay might get a double play on a ball hit to third by Adrian Beltre. But it got past Greg Dobbs and allowed two runs to score.
Then came the sixth. Boston tacked on four runs on five hits against Halladay, including 3 straight to start the inning, and Charlie was forced to pull Halladay with two outs in the sixth.
Halladay is now 14-15 against Boston in his career. The Phillies have lost three straight starts by Halladay, and four of the past six.
The Phils’ offensive struggles continued. A day after managing just one hit against Daisuke Matsuzaka, they were held to just five hits by Boston veteran Tim Wakefield, who gave up no runs and one walk in eight innings.
The Phillies scored three runs in the ninth,, but it was too little, too late.
After a good start against the Red Sox, they lost another interleague series before starting a 9 game road trip against the Mets, Braves, and Marlins.
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