HALLADAY STYMIES TIGERS AS JAYS WIN 7TH STRAIGHT
10th CG of Year; Detroit 'L' Streak at 10
DETROIT, Sept. 17 (AP) - Roy Halladay stifled the Tigers on three hits, firing
his major league best 10th complete game of the season as the Toronto Blue Jays
eked past Detroit, 1-0 at Comerica Park. The shutout is Halladay's third
this year, tops in the American League and tied for the major league lead with
Jason Schmidt of the San Francisco Giants. The victory is the seventh
straight for Toronto, the longest winning streak of the year for the Blue Jays
who now stand a season's best nine games over .500. The Tigers fell for
the tenth straight time--the third occasion this year that Detroit has lost at
least 10 consecutive games. The Tigers have now dropped a major league
worst 107 contest with 11 games still to play.
Halladay, who has won 14 of his last 19 decisions dating back to early June,
simply overpowered the Tigers who never moved a baserunner past second base and
never had two runners on base in the same inning during the entire game.
The Toronto right-hander closed with a flourish, retiring the final 11 batters
he faced, en route to securing his 19th victory of the season.
The Blue Jays scored the game's only run in the third inning. Orlando
Hudson led off with a double to right-center off Tigers starter Shane Loux.
Kevin Cash sacrificed Hudson to third base and Frank Catalanotto's sacrifice fly
to right brought Hudson home.
Halladay is expected to have two chances to obtain a coveted 20th victory of the
season. Only Tim Hudson (24) and Barry Zito (22), both of the Oakland A's,
have reached the 20-win plateau in the American League thus far though Mike
Mussina (19) and Roger Clemens (18), both of the New York Yankees, are also
within striking distance.
9/17/2003, Tor03-Det03, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 8 0 2003 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 Blue Jays AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Catalanotto lf 3 0 1 1 .318 Sanchez,A cf 4 0 1 0 .246 Hinske 3b 4 0 0 0 .245 Morris,W 2b 4 0 0 0 .239 Wells,V cf 4 0 0 0 .316 Higginson rf 4 0 0 0 .244 Delgado,C 1b 4 0 2 0 .285 Young,D dh 3 0 0 0 .295 Myers,G dh 2 0 0 0 .270 Pena,C 1b 3 0 1 0 .232 Phelps,J ph 1 0 1 0 .310 Monroe lf 2 0 0 0 .267 Kielty rf 3 0 1 0 .251 Halter 3b 3 0 0 0 .178 Bordick ss 4 0 0 0 .260 Inge c 3 0 1 0 .215 Hudson,O 2b 3 1 1 0 .267 Santiago,R ss 2 0 0 0 .251 Cash c 3 0 1 0 .171 28 0 3 0 31 1 7 1 Blue Jays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Halladay W 19-11 9.0 3 0 0 0 8 112 76 2.79 9.0 3 0 0 0 8 112 76 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Loux L 1-3 6.0 4 1 1 0 2 84 57 3.63 Eckenstahler 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 14 3 1.29 Rodney 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 19 10 7.20 Mears 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 25 13 5.35 9.0 7 1 1 3 4 142 83 Tor: Phelps,J batted for Myers,G in the 7th 2B-Catalanotto(34), Delgado,C(29), Hudson,O(18), Pena,C(20). RBI-Catalanotto(63). CS-Sanchez,A. K-Catalanotto, Delgado,C, Kielty, Hudson,O, Morris,W 3, Higginson, Young,D, Halter 2, Inge. BB-Kielty, Hudson,O, Phelps,J. SH-Cash, Santiago,R. SF-Catalanotto. HBP-Monroe. HB-Halladay. GWRBI: Catalanotto Temperature: 64, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 3 MPH. Attendance: 8,011 Game Time: 2:50