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Just kicking it
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Ted Cheatham, a senior from Shawnee, and Chris Caster, a senior from Overland Park, fight for possession of the ball Tuesday night during round 16 of the Amber Student Recruitment Center's intramural soccer playoff. Cheathams team, the Hamburgers, beat Castor's team, the Broncos, 11-7
Halladay pitches no-hitter
MLB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Talk about a postseason debut.
Roy Halladay threw the second no-hitter in postseason history, leading the
Philadelphia
Phillies over the
Cincinnati Reds
4-0 in Game 1
of the NL division series on
Wednesday.
Don Larsen is the only other
Halladay
'pitcher to throw a postseason no-hitter. He threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series against Brooklyn. The 54th anniversary of Larsen's
The All-Star right-hander, who tossed a perfect game at Florida on May 29, dominated the Reds with a sharp fastball and a devastating slow curve in his first playoff start.
The overmatched Reds never came close to a hit. Halladay allowed only runner, walking Jay Bruce on a full count with two outs in the fifth, and struck out eight.
"It's surreal, it really is," Halladay said. "I just wanted to pitch here, to pitch in the postseason. To go out and have a game like that, it's a dream come true."
gem is this Friday.
Halladay spent 12 seasons with Toronto, far from the postseason.
Halladay took the Year of the Pitcher into the postseason. The excitement spread beyond Citizens Bank Park — the last two outes were shown on the video board at Target Field, where the Twins were preparing to play the Yankees, and Minnesota fans cheered.
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Lee leads Rays to victory
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ST. PETTERSBURG, Fla. — Cliff Lee, post season hire for fire.
These days, no pitcher is doing it better.
Lee matched a postseason best with 10 strikeouts while allowing five hits — just two after escaping a bats-loaded jam in the first inning. During one dominating stretch, he retired 16 of 17 batters before giving up Ben Zobrist's homer in the seventh.
Picking up where he left off in a dazzling October run a year ago, Lee shut down the Tampa Bay Rays while outpitching David Price and leading the Texas Rangers to a 5-1 victory Wednesday in the opening game of the AL playoffs.
"It's not time to sit here and pat myself on the back. We've got a lot of work to do." Lee said. "I feel good about helping us get off to a good start, and hopefully I can continue to do the same. That's what I expect to do."
"I like pitching on a big stage," Lee said. "Just pitching in the big leagues alone is an honor, but when you get an opportunity to make it to the postseason that's what it's all about. That's what you play all year for. I enjoy it, and I
Game 2 is Thursday with left-hander C.J. Wilson taking the
try to have fun with it."
mound for Texas against right-hander James Shields, who hasn't won since Aug. 29.
Lee improved to 5-0 in six career postseason starts. He went 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five starts for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009, including 2-0 with a 2.81 ERA against the New York Yankees in the World Series.
The 32-year-old lefty lost to the Rays three times during the regular season, however the AL East champions were no match for the 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner this time. The Rangers, in the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, stopped a nine-game postseason losing streak that began in 1996.