The Phillies (39-32) won their fourth game in a row last night beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-0. Philadelphia's offense continues to roll and Roy Halladay looked like himself while shutting down his former team in seven scoreless innings.
This was the long-awaited first "road" series for the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. It was a odd night as the Phillies batted first, wore the road grays and took batting practice last. The Blue Jays had promotional videos playing on the big scoreboard, had their own entrance music and first the first time in a National League park, there was a DH.
There were even some Canadian mounties on hand, albeit fake ones, to perform during the seventh inning stretch.
The strange nature of the game Friday night didn't affect Roy Halladay who was able to get back on track following a personal three game losing streak. Halladay was trying to avoid a career-worst four start losing streak.Haladay (9-6) in going seven scoreless innings last night only allowed six hits and struck out four. He is now 2-3 in five starts since his perfect game against the Marlins on May 29th.
The Phillies seemed to have weathered what could have been a stretch of baseball that could have buried them, as they have gone 8-3 in their last eleven games after going 5-14 in their previous 19 games. Philadelphia was able to make up three games inside the division in the past week, now sitting 2.5 games out of first place in the NL East.
The bizarre road series for the Phillies continues this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park when Philadelphia will look for their fifth straight win in a row.
Cole Hamels will take the mound today and is coming off a good performance where after allowing three runs in the first inning vs. the Minnesota Twins, he settled down to go seven innings and was in line for a victory. Hamels is 6-5 on the season with an ERA of 3.75.
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