>Yeah, my favorite line about the game is that Halladay got more hits than he gave up. <g>
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>As great as the no-no was (and it WAS great), from a team standpoint, I think I'm even happier that Halladay got an RBI. That's truly what they mean by a pitcher helping himself.
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>It was another great example of "small-ball"....2 outs and no one on base...Chooch walks, Valdez produces a weird infield single with his speed, Halladay gets the big RBI hit, J-Roll walks, then Victorino gets the 2-run single. If either of the first three hitters goes down, it's still 1-0. But the bottom of the lineup all got on base with 2 outs, and produced a three run inning. The game was practically over.

I actually thought Victorino's steal in the first was the most important offensive play of the game. It made Utley's fly ball productive and getting that first run on the board was really important, given the mixed hitting record of this team.

Tamar