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Ace beats Rays for 20th win Halladay silences Tampa Bay, meets milestone By Anthony Gagliano / Special to MLB.com ST. PETERSBURG -- The groundballs kept coming and coming for Roy Halladay on Thursday. Enough so that the 26-year-old right-hander became the Major Leagues' first 20-game winner as Toronto slipped by Tampa Bay, 3-1. After getting a strikeout and two fly outs in the first, Halladay recorded the next 11 outs on the ground with Marlon Anderson getting a two-out infield single in the second. That was one of five hits allowed on the day by Halladay. "It's tough because there's still some season left," Halladay said. "I don't think it sets in until maybe the season's over. It was something I looked forward to and I enjoyed going out there in a good, close game." The only run Halladay allowed was unearned, breaking his streak of 23 straight scoreless innings. The string was a career-high and came to an end in the fifth when Antonio Perez scored on Aubrey Huff's sacrifice fly. Perez hit a grounder to Eric Hinske at third, which he bobbled, allowing Perez to reach first. Carl Crawford was the next batter and he singled, moving Perez to third. "He's the whole package," Toronto manager Carlos Tosca said of Halladay. "His level of concentration is unbelievable. He doesn't buckle when things don't go well behind him and he gets it done with very few pitches." Halladay's last run came two starts ago, in the first inning against New York. Halladay finished that game, then threw a 10-inning shutout against Detroit in his next start. Those two performances earned him the AL Player of the Week designation for Sept. 1-7. The complete game was Halladay's third straight and seventh of the year, tying him for second in the AL. Huff's sacrifice fly was one of five fly-ball outs. Orlando Hudson was the biggest beneficiary of all of Halladay's grounders, tying Dave McKay's club record for a second baseman with 10. Halladay walked two batters and struck out three.
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