October 6th, 2010
NLDS, Game 1
Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia
Phillies
Citizens Bank Ballpark, Philadelphia
At
the conclusion of the 2009 baseball season, Toronto Blue Jays’ ace pitcher, Roy
Halladay, made it clear that he wanted to pitch for a contending team. Even
though Halladay had become one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball,
winning 148 games in his 12 seasons with Toronto and a Cy Young Award (2003),
the Jays had not been to the postseason. Halladay knew that most likely he would
only be pitching for a few more seasons and wanted to win.
Toronto
accommodated his request and sent him to the Philadelphia Phillies. In his
first year in Philly (2010), he won 21 games and another Cy Young Award. He
helped the Phils to first place in the National League East with a 97-65
record. And he would draw the starting assignment for the first game of the
NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds.
It
would be nothing short of spectacular in his postseason debut, as “Doc” no-hit
the Reds, only the second no-hitter in MLB postseason history. The Phillies won
the game by a 4-0 score and Halladay’s only blemish was a walk in the fifth
inning. He would strike out eight Reds’ batters over his nine innings.
Halladay
would not succeed in his quest to win a World Series. In fact, he would only
pitch in four more post season games. He would post a 1-1 record in the 2010
NLCS against the eventual World Champion San Francisco Giants, and he would
have a 1-1 record in the 2011 NLDS against that season’s eventual World
Champion, the St. Louis Cardinals.
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