Monday, July 4, 2011

taking two in canada

A vintage post card showing the tunnel that runs between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario.

The final (hooray) series of interleague play took place in Toronto. Friday was a total mismatch: Kendrick vs. Romero. In the end, neither impressed. The game was a slugfest, with the Phillies getting in the last lick and winning 7-6. Before the game Roy Halladay took out the line-up card and got a rousing ovation from the sell-out crowd on Canada Day.

Saturday was Roy Halladay day and it started with an epic ovation from the crowd. The Phillies again had to come from behind to do it but they got the 4-3 win and Halladay his 11th in a complete game performance, despite some 9th-inning histrionics by the Jays. Even the crowd got into it, throwing debris on the field.

Sunday's game started all sunny and bright with Cliff Lee on the mound and the Phillies putting up four in the second. Lee's scoreless streak ended at 34 innings in the third, when the Blue Jays got a run. After that, JoJo Reyes put the Phillies to sleep, while the Jays kept pecking away. In the eighth they exploded for four, on three home runs that knocked Lee silly and out of the game. Jays won it 7-4.