Manuel: Halladay has groin pull
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Manuel: Halladay has groin pull
Daily News staff
Charlie Manuel announced that pitching ace Roy Halladay suffered a groin pull in the second inning of tonight's game.
"In the second inning he had a mild groin pull in his right groin," Manuel said. "He was determined he was going to stay in there.
"He said he hurt it when he tried to hump up on [Buster] Posey in the second inning. He was determined he was going to stay in the game. He wanted to try it and stay in the game ... He gutted it out and we needed it. I was kidding with him after the game. I said to him, 'When are you going to be able to play? Next year?' He said, 'Five days.'
Halladay pitched six innings and was the winning pitcher in the Phillies' season-saving, 4-2 victory over the Giants in Game 5 tonight in San Francisco.
"We did exactly what we had to do," Manuel said.
"It's about touching home plate as many times as you can," centerfielder Shane Victorino said on Comcast SportsNet after the game. "It's going to be loud [in Game 6 on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park]. It's what it's all about. I think the fans will help push us, being down 3-2 [in the series]. We're not going to worry about Game 7. We have to worry about Game 6 first. We're in the backseat. They [Giants] are in the front seat."
Victorino was pleased with the Phillies' aggressivness on the basepaths in Game 5. "That's what it's all about. Jimmy [Rollins] stole two bases. It's what it's all about."
Echo - you sure that's right? My kids tried it and told me that 1210 is actually ahead of the TV (Verizon FIOS). Two TVs in different rooms (both FIOS, but only one w/DVR) are about 10 seconds apart. Can't stand Wheels either, but McCarver makes me want to scream even more.— philorchphilsphan- This explains the sub 90mph fastballs all night— nate
- Use your DVR to pause the TV ever so slightly (for like a second or two) and it lines up with Scott and Larry perfectly.— Echo
- McCarver and Buck make we wanna hurl. Turn down the sound on TV and listen on radio to the real Phillies announcers. They are on what seems to be a 7 second delay but it is watchable.— Hatfield_ham
- buck and mccarver are ruining the game of baseball. all the big games keep getting handed to these two, and big football games to buck at least.... ruining moments that will live forever with terrible calls. and yes, i have called my friend out many times about his idiotic support of those two.
i will say that i like gary thorne calling the alcs.... at the very least hes been a class and a half above these two morons.— willycliffton 
@willycliffton, first, your friend is an idiot. No offense, but how anyone could support Buck and McCarver's clear anti-Philly bias is blind, deaf, and dumb. As to the comment, it was in the post game show on MLB channel which I get on Time Warner cable in NYC. They were making fun of the fact that McCarver , an ex-catcher, was so confused by the Phillies mixing singles that he called every crucial pitch coming inaccurately. McCarver sounds like Alzheimers is catching up to him.- um, buster posey didnt even bat in the 2nd inning. nice fact checking. was he hurt against posey in the first or someone else in the second? manuels quote, as is, makes no sense.
- phillyboyinnyc where is the link to mlb.com making fun of mccarver??? my friend swears by those two guys.... they're total idiots and the entire world knows it except fox execs and my best friend haha...— willycliffton
- Somewhere Harry is belting out "High Hopes."— PhightinPhil
- Doc's performance under duress should be a major wake up call to these guys. This man wants to win. If that showing doesn't inspire them to get Doc to the WS, nothing Charlie or anybody else can say will do it!— merlinknghts
- This win was a classic Phillies gut-check victory.
But a few of our heroes are still struggling.
Let's hope the home crowds, both nights, can inspire them to light up those fireworks !— Rockin Relic - I hope it fires Oswalt up and he comes out and shuts them down again. No one likes losing on a walk-off. And Os is a gamer if I've ever seen one. Here we go!
- Halladay is a stud pitcher. Is that a double-entendre dreagle? Oui ou non? Forget the French, comment on the performance, not on Manuel's elocution. Roy is an incredible pitcher. Go Phillies!! Lets see how many Giants fans show up. By the way, who else hates Fox coverage with Buck and McCarver? Even MLB.com made fun of McCarver.
- Yea, i really hope using oswalt wont be their downfall.— xMikelaw19
Whatta gritty effort from Doc. You could tell he didn't have his best tonight, now we know why. But in the end, he won...Awesome to see the BP dominate and J Roll swiping 2nd and 3rd (but they gotta learn to get him home)...one game at a time.- Hopefully using Oswalt last night does not come back to bite them.— UncleEddie
- Charley is the funniest, twitchiest human ever.
Embarrassing to hump up to other catcher in 2nd inning,and pull
your own groin. Charley didn't see the humor in the double entendre!!!— dreagle
