Opening Day
Roy Halladay delivered what was expected on Opening Day and Placido Polanco returned to the City of Brotherly Love with a bang.
Halladay threw only 88 pitches in his seven innings of one run ball. He struck out nine and walked two. His only run was allowed in the first inning when Ryan Zimmerman doubled home Nyjer Morgan. 59 of his 88 pitchers were strikes He got the Nationals to hit into eight groundouts compared to three flyouts which is good because of CBP. Antonio Bastardo, Danys Baez, and David Herndon combined to pitch two scoreless innings while striking out two.
Polanco had six RBI’s and hit a grand slam. In all he was 3-5 with a home run and six ribbies. Ryan Howard got off to hit a hot start hitting his first homer of the season and driving in two. Jimmy got off to a much better start than last year as well, he went 2-4 with two runs scored, a triple, stolen base, and drove in a run. Chase reached base four times, including three walks. Werth, Ibanez, and Victorino combined to go 3-14 with one run and four runs scored, as well as a fielding error by Raul. Carlos Ruiz went 1-2 with three walks and two runs scored. Even Roy got a hit and a run batted in. All nine starters got at least one hit.
The Phillies have an off day tomorrow. They will send Cole Hamels to the mound on Thursday against Jason Marquis.
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