Brewers trash Halladay
PHILADELPHIA -- Randy Wolf pitched six crisp innings, Ryan Braun and Casey McGehee homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-0, last night.
The Brewers became the first team to win a series against the NL East-leading Phillies this season. They'll try to complete a three-game sweep this afternoon against Cliff Lee.
Wolf (2-2) allowed two hits, struck out five and walked three against one of his former teams.
Jimmy Rollins had a bunt single in the first and Shane Victorino hit a double in the third for the Phillies' only hits of the game.
Sean Green, Zach Braddock and Mike McClendon each pitched an inning after Wolf left.
Halladay (2-1) gave up six runs and 10 hits in 62/3 innings. It was the worst start for the defending NL Cy Young Award winner since he allowed six runs in six innings in a loss at the Yankees last June 15.
Halladay tossed a complete game at Washington last Wednesday, needing 123 pitches to do it. He got an extra day of rest because of a rainout, but still wasn't as sharp as usual.
Halladay retired the first two batters in the second before running into trouble against the bottom of the lineup. Yuniesky Betancourt doubled to deep right-center. With the pitcher on deck, Halladay fell behind in the count 3-and-1 to George Kottaras before grooving a fastball. Kottaras ripped an RBI single to right for a 1-0 lead.
The Brewers got another two-out run in the third when Braun hit an opposite-field shot to right.
Braun then made an outstanding play in the bottom half to rob Rollins of extra bases and save at least one run. With runners on first and second, Rollins hit a drive to deep left. Braun made a leaping, backhanded grab at the warning track after a long run.
Braun got things started in the sixth with a walk. He moved to second on Prince Fielder's single and scored on Mark Kotsay's one-out single.
Fielder hit a two-out RBI single in the seventh to chase Halladay and extend Milwaukee's lead to 4-0. David Herndon entered and allowed McGehee's three-run shot.