‘Doc’tober has arrived.
Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of the NLDS on Wednesday night, becoming the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history to pitch a no-hitter in the postseason. Philadelphia won 4-0.
Halladay silenced a strong Cincinnati offense that led the National League in runs, hits, and batting average in the regular season. He was amazingly efficient, only throwing 104 pitches and striking out eight. His only blemish of the night was a walk to Reds right-fielder Jay Bruce in the 5th inning.
Halladay rarely got behind the Reds hitters, pumping first-pitch strikes to 25 of 28 batters. He used his outstanding sinker to induce 12 ground balls for outs and his cutter and curveball to keep batters off-balance.
In the 9th inning, the Reds went quietly. Catcher Ramon Hernandez popped out to second, Miguel Cairo popped to third, and Brandon Phillips grounded out to the catcher to clinch Halladay’s dominant performance.
After the last out, the crowd of 46,411 at sold-out Citizens Bank Park erupted, and Halladay’s teammates celebrated with him on the field.
This is Roy Halladay’s second no-hitter of the season. His first, a perfect game, was on May 29 against the Florida Marlins, and was also the last no-hitter by a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher.
The last pitcher to throw a postseason no-hitter of any kind was Yankee Don Larsen, who threw a perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of the NLDS on Wednesday night, becoming the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history to pitch a no-hitter in the postseason. Philadelphia won 4-0.
Halladay silenced a strong Cincinnati offense that led the National League in runs, hits, and batting average in the regular season. He was amazingly efficient, only throwing 104 pitches and striking out eight. His only blemish of the night was a walk to Reds right-fielder Jay Bruce in the 5th inning.
Halladay rarely got behind the Reds hitters, pumping first-pitch strikes to 25 of 28 batters. He used his outstanding sinker to induce 12 ground balls for outs and his cutter and curveball to keep batters off-balance.
In the 9th inning, the Reds went quietly. Catcher Ramon Hernandez popped out to second, Miguel Cairo popped to third, and Brandon Phillips grounded out to the catcher to clinch Halladay’s dominant performance.
After the last out, the crowd of 46,411 at sold-out Citizens Bank Park erupted, and Halladay’s teammates celebrated with him on the field.
This is Roy Halladay’s second no-hitter of the season. His first, a perfect game, was on May 29 against the Florida Marlins, and was also the last no-hitter by a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher.
The last pitcher to throw a postseason no-hitter of any kind was Yankee Don Larsen, who threw a perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
