Topic: Roy Halladay

Dodgers' Kershaw wins Cy Young award

Los Angeles Dodgers lefthander Clayton Kershaw easily beat out last year's winner Roy Halladay on Thursday to win the National League's Cy Young award for the top pitcher.The 23-year-old Kershaw received 27 of 32 first-place votes in voting by the Baseball Writers' ...

Dodgers' Kershaw wins National League Cy Young Award

(Reuters) - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Cy Young Award as the top pitcher on Thursday, capping a season where he had the league's lowest earned run average and highest strikeout total.Kershaw was named first on ...

Friends Halladay and Carpenter clash in playoffs duel

(Reuters) - Baseball buddies Roy Halladay and Chris Carpenter, who forged a close bond during their formative years as pitchers, duel each other on Friday in their biggest game of the 2011 Major League Baseball season.The Phillies' Halladay and Carpenter of the ...

Cardinals avoid elimination with 5-3 win over Phillies

(Reuters) - The St Louis Cardinals staved off elimination with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, forcing a deciding Game Five in their National League division playoff series.Cardinals third baseman David Freese drove in four runs on a ...

Phillies seal playoff spot as Halladay pitches shutout

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Roy Halladay pitched his first shutout of the season as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 1-0 on Wednesday to become the first team to book a place in the Major League Baseball playoffs.Halladay (18-5) finished with seven ...

Halladay the best from any perspective - Marcum

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - During five seasons together on the Toronto Blue Jays starting rotation, Shaun Marcum got a good look at Roy Halladay but on Friday, he saw the Cy Young award winner from new perspective - the opposition dugout.It might have ...
Prince Fielder blasted a three-run homer and Brian Wilson pitched the final out as the National League beat the American League 5-1 to win the all-star game and claim home field in the World Series.Fielder was named most valuable player of the ...

Ibanez blast gives Phillies victory over Braves

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The two top contenders in the National League East battled into extra innings before Raul Ibanez hit a walk-off home run to give the Philadelphia Phillies the 3-2 triumph over the Atlanta Braves on Friday.Ibanez lifted a blast in ...

Halladay weekend in Toronto as Doc makes return

TORONTO (Reuters) - Over 12 seasons Toronto Blue Jays fans became used to watching a clinical Roy Halladay take the mound and pitch a complete game win -- just not against them.Back in Toronto for the first time since being traded to ...

Phillies survive Cubs rally for 7-5 win

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies held off a spirited rally to defeat the Chicago Cubs 7-5 at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.Philadelphia built a 7-0 lead on the strength of seven strong innings from starter Roy Halladay and a grand slam ...
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