The Philadelphia Phillies Look To Salvage the Series Against the Cincinnati Reds

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The Philadelphia Phillies Look To Salvage the Series Against the Cincinnati Reds

The Philadelphia Phillies were on a roll and playing the slumping Cincinnati Reds, but that all came to a screeching halt when they lost in game two of the series.

The last time Roy Halladay faced the Cincinnati Reds, he tossed the second no-hitter in postseason history.

Travis Wood nearly made history of his own in his last start against Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies.

The pitchers duel again when Philadelphia looks to bounce back against visiting Cincinnati on Wednesday night.

Halladay (6-3, 2.21 ERA) dominated Game 1 of the NL division series Oct. 6, yielding only a fifth-inning walk to Jay Bruce while striking out 10. Prior to Halladay’s gem, the only pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in postseason play was the New York Yankees’ Don Larsen, who threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

Three months before Halladay accomplished the rare feat, he allowed five hits through nine scoreless innings against the Reds on July 10. However, it was Wood (3-3, 5.17) who stole the show in that contest.

Wood took a perfect game into the ninth before Carlos Ruiz doubled to lead off the inning. The left-hander finished with eight strikeouts, though the Cincinnati offense offered no support and the game went into extra innings. Jimmy Rollins drove in Ruiz in the 11th to give Philadelphia a 1-0 win.

Wood also pitched during Halladay’s playoff no-hitter, throwing 3 1-3 scoreless innings of relief in the 4-0 loss. He’s struggled at times this season and will look to get back on track after allowing four runs in 5 1-3 innings while not receiving a decision in a 5-4 loss to Cleveland last Wednesday.

Halladay ended a two-start skid Friday, giving up two runs in eight innings of a 3-2 victory against Texas. The right-hander leads the majors with 80 strikeouts in 77 2-3 innings, the most in the NL.

He’ll look to slow down the Reds (26-23) after they posted a 6-3 victory against the Phillies (29-19) on Tuesday. Cincinnati snapped a six-game losing streak as Bruce broke a ninth-inning tie with a three-run double, capping the comeback after being down 3-1 in the fourth.

The Reds also snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Phillies, which included being swept in the NLDS. The Reds will revert back to their losing ways against Halladay and lose game three of the series.

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