By Justin Worsley,
Roy Halladay stopped a late rally by the Washington Nationals and pitched a complete game as the Phillies beat Washington 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Halladay (2-0,) looked unhittable in the first eight innings of the game, allowing only two hit while striking out six batters off of 98 pitches. In the ninth inning, however, it looked like he was about to have a meltdown.
The Nationals (5-6) recorded four hits in the ninth and were able to put two runs on the board before Halladay found his second wind and retired Matt Stairs and Ivan Rodriguez. Halladay finished the game with 123 pitchs (88 strikes) and nine strikeouts.
The Phillies (8-3) got on the board in the fourth inning when Jimmy Rollins reached first base off of an error by Ian Desmond. Desmond then committed a second error against Rollins in the inning when he interfered with Rollins while Rollins was running towards third base during a ground out by Ryan Howard. Ben Francisco grounded out to bring Rollins in.
Philadelphia scored two more runs in the fifth inning when Placido Polanco hit a single in the outfield with a man on first and third base. Wilson Valdez was able to score and the Phillies loaded the bases when Jimmy Rollins found a gap in the infield to reach base. Nationals pitcher John Lannan had Howard on a 1-2 count when he hit Howard on the arms with an inside pitch to bring in another run.
The Phillies and Nationals conclude the series Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. Cliff Lee (1-1, 7.84 ERA) will take the mound against Washington's Jordan Zimmerman (1-1, 3.18)
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