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13 Years Ago Today
Roy Halladay won his 100th game. It was his 200th start for the Blue Jays.
It was a 2-0 win over the White Sox. Doc went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits, no walks with 7 strikeouts. Casey Jansen pitched the 8th and Jeremy Accardo got the save pitching the ninth. Accardo had 30 saves that season. He never had more than 4 in any other season.
Mark Buehrle started for the White Sox, throwing a complete game 2 hitter, both solo home runs (Aaron Hill and Frank Thomas took him deep). I wonder how many times in MLB history a pitcher threw a 2-hitter and both hits were home runs? Buehrle was 2-2 with a 3.66 ERA after the game. He’d finish 10-9 in 30 starts.
With Buehrle and Doc pitching, it was a quick game, 1 hour 50 minutes.
Halladay threw 96 pitches in his 7 innings, 62 were strikes. The win gave him a 5-2 record with a 3.90 ERA. He would finish the season 16-7 with a 3.71 ERA in 31 starts with 7 complete games. . He finished 5th in Cy Young voting.
Catching Halladay was Sal Fasano. I had forgot that he was a Jay. He only played in 16 games for us that season, hitting .178/.229/.311.
The Jays were 25-28 after the win, third in the AL East, already 11.5 games back of the Red Sox. We’d finish 83-79, still in third, 13 games back of the Red Sox.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | Pit | Str | WPA | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darin Erstad CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .264 | .311 | .341 | .652 | 9 | 7 | -0.225 | CS |
| Luis Terrero PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .393 | .652 | 1.045 | 1 | 1 | -0.042 | |
| Tadahito Iguchi 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .221 | .318 | .322 | .640 | 19 | 10 | -0.062 | |
| Jim Thome DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .509 | .575 | 1.084 | 24 | 12 | -0.069 | |
| Jermaine Dye RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .239 | .302 | .456 | .757 | 11 | 7 | -0.042 | |
| Paul Konerko 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .229 | .312 | .397 | .709 | 17 | 10 | -0.015 | |
| A.J. Pierzynski C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 | .298 | .446 | .743 | 9 | 8 | -0.151 | CS,GDP |
| Joe Crede 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .227 | .273 | .331 | .604 | 10 | 8 | -0.117 | |
| Rob Mackowiak LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .239 | .331 | .330 | .661 | 10 | 7 | -0.015 | |
| Juan Uribe SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .210 | .268 | .348 | .616 | 7 | 5 | 0.050 | 2B |
| Team Totals | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .200 | .226 | .233 | .459 | 117 | 75 | -0.688 |
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | Pit | Str | WPA | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rios RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .353 | .538 | .892 | 6 | 5 | -0.046 | |
| Lyle Overbay 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .254 | .330 | .472 | .802 | 11 | 8 | -0.059 | |
| Vernon Wells CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .258 | .321 | .414 | .735 | 7 | 5 | -0.043 | |
| Troy Glaus 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .270 | .383 | .532 | .915 | 18 | 10 | -0.047 | |
| Frank Thomas DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .223 | .357 | .400 | .757 | 8 | 5 | 0.034 | HR |
| Aaron Hill 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .284 | .346 | .477 | .823 | 12 | 7 | 0.082 | HR |
| Adam Lind LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .216 | .269 | .373 | .642 | 10 | 7 | -0.028 | |
| Sal Fasano C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .121 | .194 | .273 | .467 | 10 | 7 | -0.048 | |
| John McDonald SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .289 | .386 | .675 | 9 | 5 | -0.032 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .077 | .077 | .308 | .385 | 91 | 59 | -0.187 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | BF | Pit | Str | GB | FB | LD | GSc | WPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Buehrle, L (2-2) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.66 | 26 | 91 | 59 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 76 | 0.187 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.25 | 26 | 91 | 59 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 76 | 0.187 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | BF | Pit | Str | GB | FB | LD | GSc | WPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Halladay, W (5-2) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.90 | 24 | 96 | 62 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 0.480 |
| Casey Janssen, H (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.01 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.126 | |
| Jeremy Accardo, S (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.081 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | 117 | 75 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 0.687 |