Post by #1 Jays Fan on Mar 5, 2008 23:12:40 GMT -5
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Not long after he had diced up the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, Roy Halladay was standing at his locker when teammate Casey Janssen walked by with a smile on his face.
"You keep getting outs like that in the bullpen?" Janssen quipped.
Halladay just shook his head, but the question showed just how efficient the Toronto Blue Jays ace was during his three scoreless innings in a 6-1 Grapefruit League loss before 3,149 at Knology Park.
He gave up just one hit, struck out two and needed just 30 pitches to get through his innings. That forced him to head to the bullpen to throw 10 more pitches so he could finish up his scheduled amount of work.
"More than anything, just location," Halladay replied when he was asked what he was happiest with. "I felt it was a lot better from the first inning on, especially with my sinker.
"Last time in the first I was a little erratic. I was happier with that, spotting it on both sides of the game was pretty good."
Halladay mixed in his cutter for the first time this spring, throwing three of them along with his sinker and the changeup. The Phillies looked lost against him in an outing Blue Jays manager John Gibbons described as "vintage Doc."
"It was kind of a sluggish day, we were in meetings all day but Doc looked very, very good," said Gibbons. "We didn't get a whole lot of offence."
The Blue Jays had their annual spring union meeting before the contest.
Shannon Stewart doubled and scored on Travis Snider's single in the ninth for the Blue Jays (2-5). Brett Myers threw four shutout innings for the Phillies (4-3), who got two-run doubles in the fifth from Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz.
Valentino Pascucci added a solo shot in the eighth.
Notes: OF Matt Stairs of Fredericton sprained his ankle in the batting cage earlier this week and isn't expected to play again until Friday. ... Jays relievers B.J. Ryan and Jason Frasor both threw in a simulated game. Ryan could pitch in a spring game Saturday while Frasor, who had been felled by a stomach bug that took five pounds off him, says he's ready to go anytime.
"You keep getting outs like that in the bullpen?" Janssen quipped.
Halladay just shook his head, but the question showed just how efficient the Toronto Blue Jays ace was during his three scoreless innings in a 6-1 Grapefruit League loss before 3,149 at Knology Park.
He gave up just one hit, struck out two and needed just 30 pitches to get through his innings. That forced him to head to the bullpen to throw 10 more pitches so he could finish up his scheduled amount of work.
"More than anything, just location," Halladay replied when he was asked what he was happiest with. "I felt it was a lot better from the first inning on, especially with my sinker.
"Last time in the first I was a little erratic. I was happier with that, spotting it on both sides of the game was pretty good."
Halladay mixed in his cutter for the first time this spring, throwing three of them along with his sinker and the changeup. The Phillies looked lost against him in an outing Blue Jays manager John Gibbons described as "vintage Doc."
"It was kind of a sluggish day, we were in meetings all day but Doc looked very, very good," said Gibbons. "We didn't get a whole lot of offence."
The Blue Jays had their annual spring union meeting before the contest.
Shannon Stewart doubled and scored on Travis Snider's single in the ninth for the Blue Jays (2-5). Brett Myers threw four shutout innings for the Phillies (4-3), who got two-run doubles in the fifth from Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz.
Valentino Pascucci added a solo shot in the eighth.
Notes: OF Matt Stairs of Fredericton sprained his ankle in the batting cage earlier this week and isn't expected to play again until Friday. ... Jays relievers B.J. Ryan and Jason Frasor both threw in a simulated game. Ryan could pitch in a spring game Saturday while Frasor, who had been felled by a stomach bug that took five pounds off him, says he's ready to go anytime.
