Eli Whiteside homered and doubled in a run, Jonathan Sanchez struck out six and the Giants beat Philadelphia 5-1 on Monday night
to hand Halladay his first loss since joining the Phillies in a blockbuster four-team trade this winter.
Ryan Howard went 0 for 3 with a strikeout and walk hours after the slugger agreed to a $125 million, five-year contract extension that could keep him with the Phillies until 2017. He flied out to deep center in the first, with Andres Torres going to the wall to make a tough catch.
Mark DeRosa hit that two-run single in the first for San Francisco and Aubrey Huff had an RBI single in the sixth after Pablo Sandoval's leadoff double. Sandoval slid home just to just beat the throw.
Whiteside doubled in the second to make it 3-0, then hit a solo homer in the seventh. After Whiteside's double, Halladay (4-1) retired the next 10 hitters in order before Torres dived to beat out an infield single.
Halladay had a six-start winning streak snapped, the second-longest of his career. The right-hander came in with an 0.82
ERA -- third-best in the National League -- but it rose to 1.80.
Halladay's three earned runs in the first two innings were as many as he'd given up in his four previous starts combined. He had pitched a five-hit shutout of the Braves in his previous start. Halladay was tagged for 10 hits and five runs in seven innings, struck out five and didn't walk a batter for the third time this season in a 104-pitch night.
"They come after us. When we play them, they definitely want to beat us,'' Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "They looked better than we did. They had more energy. They were flashy. They were having more fun. I saw that. ... I was hearing today, fans were telling me, that they were having trouble hitting. I won't ever believe that. They came out swinging on him.''
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Chase Utley had an RBI groundout in the fifth for the Phillies' lone run, then Sanchez struck out Howard before a walk to Jayson Werth drew a visit from pitching coach Dave Righetti. Sanchez then got Ben Francisco to fly out to left.
Shane Victorino hit his first two doubles of the season and singled for the Phillies, who are in the final series of a nine-game trip.
Halladay had faced the Giants only twice previously, getting a no-decision in his last start against them on June 17, 2004. He's 0-2 against San Francisco, one of four teams he's yet to beat.
"They hit some good pitches and I made some poor pitches that cost me,'' Halladay said. "They were getting to some decent pitches. Sandoval hit a couple balls that were (on the) chalkline in the batter's box. Learn from it and move on.''
