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Earlier today, Roy Halladay made his season debut against the Braves. Halladay struggled last year, posting an ERA of 4.49 in just 25 starts, missing several due to injury. Tonight, he went just 3.1 innings, allowing 5 earned runs but striking out 9. This made Halladay just the 3rd known pitcher to strike out 9 in less than 4 innings while allowing 5 or more earned runs. Here are the other two:

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GSc
1	David Cone	1990-04-25	NYM	ATL	W 8-5	GS-4	3.2	8	5	5	3	9	1	31
2	Jim Beattie	1982-08-09	SEA	OAK	L 4-9	GS-4 ,L	3.2	7	6	6	3	9	2	29

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Generated 4/4/2013.

This also marks the third game in the last two seasons in which Halladay failed to make it out of the fourth inning; he had done so just once in the previous four seasons:

Rk	Date ▾	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit	Str	GSc
2	2012-09-22	PHI	ATL	L 2-8	GS-2 ,L	1.2	5	7	7	3	3	1	51	33	17
3	2012-05-27	PHI	STL	L 3-8	GS-2 ,L	2.0	4	4	4	1	0	1	36	23	31
4	2009-06-12	TOR	FLA	L 3-7	GS-3	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	41	29	45
5	2007-06-05	TOR	TBD	W 12-11	GS-4	3.1	12	8	7	1	1	2	77	48	6
6	2006-09-20	TOR	NYY	W 3-2	GS-4	3.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	42	28	50
7	2006-09-10	TOR	LAA	L 3-4	GS-1	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	48
8	2005-07-08	TOR	TEX	L 6-7	GS-3	2.2	6	3	2	0	4	2	48	36	40
9	2004-09-27	TOR	BAL	W 4-1	GS-3	3.0	4	1	1	2	2	1	70	44	47
10	2003-08-17	TOR	OAK	L 3-7	GS-3 ,L	3.0	10	7	5	1	3	0	72	47	17
11	2000-09-23	TOR	TBD	W 7-6	GS-3	3.0	6	6	6	1	3	2	65	38	25
12	2000-07-21	TOR	BAL	L 5-9	GS-4 ,L	3.1	8	5	5	1	2	2	73	47	25
13	2000-06-30	TOR	BAL	L 3-8	GS-3 ,L	2.2	4	7	7	4	1	1	79	41	19
14	2000-05-05	TOR	CLE	W 11-10	GS-4	3.2	9	8	8	6	4	1	103	56	9
15	1999-05-09	TOR	TEX	L 6-11	GS-2	2.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	51	27	22
16	1999-04-29	TOR	ANA	L 1-17	GS-3 ,L	2.1	9	11	11	3	1	2	68	35	-7

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Generated 4/4/2013.