Halladay looks to preserve Phillies lead in NL East tonight

  The Phillies have had a great run to the All-Star game so far, they've had the best record in baseball for a long time so far and tonight it's the team that has been shadowing the Phillies for much of the first half so far.

  It hasn't been talked about alot, but the Atlanta Braves have been assembling their own run towards greatness this season and are now just 2 1/2 games behind the league leading Phillies as we start play tonight.

 The Braves offense has been fueled largely by Brian McCann, he has the club lead in RBI, HR, and BA. He would be the guy to key in on in this series, another player who is rising for the Braves is Dan Uggla. Uggla has had a miserable few first months as a Brave, but recently has turned it around.

 Tonight's pitcher for the Braves is Brandon Beachy here is how he's done over this season:

  

Split	G	PA	R	H	HR	BB	SO	BA
2011 Totals	11	249	23	50	8	15	72	.221
Last 7 days	1	23	3	7	1	0	6	.333
Last 14 days	2	45	4	10	2	1	15	.238
Last 28 days	3	68	5	14	3	3	26	.222
Last 365days	14	316	32	66	8	22	87	.231

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Generated 7/8/2011.

Roy Halladay on the Phillies is going for win #12 on the season, here is how he's done so far:

Split	G	R	HR	SB	BB	SO	BA
2011 Totals	18	38	8	9	17	131	.241
Last 7 days	1	3	1	0	1	8	.242
Last 14 days	2	4	1	0	1	12	.242
Last 28 days	4	9	2	0	3	25	.228
Last 365days	33	71	21	13	29	231	.240

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Generated 7/8/2011.

Here's Roy Halladay's starts so far this year:

Rk	Date	Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	Apr 1	HOU	W,5-4	GS-6		6.0	5	1	1	0	6	1.50
2	Apr 7	NYM	W,11-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	7.0	6	0	0	1	7	0.69
3	Apr 13	WSN	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	1.23
4	Apr 19	MIL	L,0-9	GS-7	L(2-1)	6.2	10	6	6	2	3	2.83
5	Apr 24	SDP	W,3-1	GS-9	W(3-1)	8.2	5	1	1	1	14	2.41
6	Apr 30	NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(4-1)	9.0	7	1	1	1	8	2.14
May		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	May 5	WSN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(5-1)	7.0	6	2	2	0	10	2.19
8	May 10	FLA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-2)	8.0	5	2	1	2	9	2.05
9	May 15	ATL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(5-3)	8.0	8	3	3	2	7	2.21
10	May 20	TEX	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-3)	8.0	6	2	2	1	7	2.21
11	May 25	CIN	W,5-4	GS-7		7.0	11	3	3	1	6	2.35
12	May 30	WSN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(7-3)	7.0	10	4	4	0	5	2.56
June		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
13	Jun 5	PIT	W,7-3	GS-7	W(8-3)	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	2.56
14	Jun 10	CHC	W,7-5	GS-7	W(9-3)	7.0	6	0	0	0	9	2.39
15	Jun 15(2)	FLA	W,5-4	GS-7		7.0	6	4	4	0	8	2.56
16	Jun 21	STL	W,10-2	GS-6		6.0	4	1	1	2	5	2.51
17	Jun 26	OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(10-3)	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	2.40
July		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
18	Jul 2	TOR	W,5-3	CG	W(11-3)	9.0	8	3	3	1	8	2.44
						136.1	123	38	37	17	131	2.44

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Generated 7/8/2011.