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Roy Halladay roughed up as Phillies fall to Tigers, 10-6, at Bright House Field

CLEARWATER – The world may be waiting to find out who the next pope is, but in Philadelphia, all eyes are on Roy Halladay and his right arm.

Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay. (David Maialetti/Staff Photographer)
Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay. (David Maialetti/Staff Photographer)Read more

CLEARWATER – The world may be waiting to find out who the next pope is, but in Philadelphia, all eyes are on Roy Halladay and his right arm.

Against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Halladay labored through 2 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs, before pitching coach Rich Dubee came to the mound and called for lefty reliever Jeremy Horst. The Phillies would go on to lose 10-6 and fall to 7-9 in the Grapefruit League.

Halladay never found a rhythm, allowing the leadoff hitter to reach in each of the first three innings. His velocity topped out at 88 mph, as it had in his previous start against the Nationals, but it was his lack of control that was uncharacteristic.

He couldn't find the strike zone, walking four Tigers, allowing six hits and hitting a batter. He allowed as many home runs (two) as strikeouts. Detroit third baseman Don Kelly tagged the first, a two-run bomb in the second inning. Second baseman Ramon Santiago, who hit all of two home runs in 2012, rubbed it in with a grand slam in the third inning.

Halladay came into the game with a 2.16 ERA, allowing two runs in 8 1/3 innings pitched.

Chase Utley, who entered the game without a hit in his previous 14 at bats, hit his first home run of the spring.