Sunday's match-up was between another two pitching studs, Roy Halladay with his 140 + wins against the always tough Jon Lester of the Red Sox. As bad as the Jays have played lateyly it would have seemed like advantage Lester. Both pitchers again were dealing and the final score reflected the caliber of pitching.
I believe that great pitching will prevail over great hitting. When you get two pitchers going against each other it seems that there games always go up another level. So, I expect great head to head pitching. I was not disappointed.
Halladay was in form yesterday. Amidst all the trade rumors, Doc was in the house and pitched another complete game, allowing just one run and striking out seven. If he is traded by the Jays, they had better get four or five players that can make an impact immediately and in the years to come.
My argument for not trading Halladay is this. The Jays have such a young pitching staff and they need a great leader. Halladay is that. Each team is always looking for an ace, Doc is that. Teams are looking for guys with a great work ethic he has that. The only downside is that Roy wants to play on a winner. the Jays are not that, but without Doc, they are even farther away from being a playoff team in the tough east.
If he is to be traded, they had better not trade him within their division. I have a feeling that if they do that will be losing even more games which will make it an impossible task to overtake the Sox and Yankees.
Back to the game, Lester also pitched well, but not as well as Doc. He only allowed three ER over 7 innings but Doc won game #142 of his career.
It was nice to see Matt Cain back at work from the line drive he took off the pitching elbow. The Giants just keep on winning as they defeated the Pirates 4-3. Cain went to 11-2 on the season picking up win #41 of his career. His numbers were similar to Doc's with 7 innings of 1 ER and 8 K's. The Giants staff is the best in the business right now.
Gotta give it up for Brett Anderson of the A's. The 21 year old upped his scoreless innings streak to 21 innings. He retired the first 20 batters he faced. He may become the dominant lefty in the game. Remember the name Brett Anderson.
JA Happ increased his season record to 7-0 and 8-1 on his career with another shutout performance. Somehow I think the impact of a Jamie Moyer has an effect on the Phillies pitching. Happ's ERA is well under 3 and he is quickly becoming a very dependable starter for the Phillies. Might the Phillies be repeat World Series winners?
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