Roy Halladay earned his 200th career victory Sunday, bouncing back from consecutive poor outings to pitch eight innings and help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 2-1. Laynce Nix broke a 1-all tie with his second pinch-hit homer of the season in the ninth inning. Halladay (1-2) allowed five hits, walked one and lowered his ERA from 14.73 to 7.63. He's the 109th pitcher to reach the 200-win milestone, and the first to do so in a Phillies uniform since Hall of Famer Steve Carlton in 1978. Rocky efforts in Halladay's two previous starts raised doubts about the future of the two-time Cy Young Award winner, who went only 11-8 and battled injuries in 2012. But he regained his winning form against the short-handed Marlins, who have scored only 20 runs in 12 games. They went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position and are batting .174 in those situations this year. Source: ESPN [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkOquKKpkuI"]Halladay Earns First Win - YouTube[/ame]
Good to see the future Hall-Of-Famer get this. Hard to judge if this start today was a sign of him pitching better, or if the Marlins are just that bad.
I have a friend on Facebook who's a big Phils fan. He gave up on them yesterday and started doing other things. As a result, he missed the big HR.
