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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 ...