Sunday, October 17, 2010
halladay human, falls 4-3 to giants
The vaunted pitching match-up between Lincecum and Halladay was more dud than duel. Neither starter was particularly sharp and both suffered a floating strike zone from home plate umpire Derryl Cousins. Each went seven and each gave up two home runs. When I fell asleep it was 4-3 Giants. When I woke the game was over and the score the same. If the Phillies continue to play like this, they will soon be outta here. They had plenty of chances but did not move runners along, did not steal, and did not hit. Ryan Howard led off the 2nd with a double and was stranded. After that Howard was a cipher. Both Howard and Rollins have no timing. It's getting late fast, guys.