Sports Betting Perfection as Halladay Throws Perfect Game. Perfection was achieved on Saturday as Roy Halladay threw a perfect game as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Florida Marlins 1-0 vs. the sports betting odds. It is the second perfect game this season and this time it was done by a future Hall of Fame pitcher. Online sports betting odds almost always favor Halladay as he is considered the best pitcher in the game.
Sports betting odds favored Halladay on Saturday against the Marlins and he delivered with a brilliant performance. It was the 20th perfect game in Major League Baseball history and the second one this season. In fact, it was the second perfect game this month as Dallas Braden threw a perfect game for Oakland against Tampa Bay on May 9th. It is the third no-hitter this season as Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez threw a no-hitter in April.
The perfect game by Halladay had a few anxious moments but there were very few hard hit balls. Shortstop Wilson Valdez made a nice play at shortstop to throw out Cameron Maybin and third baseman Juan Castro made a good play at third base. There were not many other plays that needed to be made. Halladay is the first pitcher in Major League history to have won a Cy Young and thrown a perfect game.
There has been only one other season in history with two perfect games and that was way back in 1880. There have only been 20 perfect games in history and three have come in the last two years. Philadelphia is the fifth team to have two perfect games in their history.
There is not much debate in baseball sports betting about who the best pitcher in baseball is. Roy Halladay has had that honor for quite a few years. San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum has won the National League Cy Young award the past two years but that was when Halladay was in the American League. Now that Halladay is in the National League that is not going to happen this year. Actually, Halladay’s competition for the Cy Young is Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez who threw the no-hitter in April.
The sports betting game between the Phillies and Marlins could have been scoreless after nine innings. In fact, it should have been. The Phillies only run came as Cameron Maybin dropped a fly ball. That three-base error allowed the Phillies to score their only run of the game.