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Ross homer in 3rd ends Halladay hitless streak

Published Oct. 17, 2010 3:23 a.m. ET

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Roy Halladay's hitless streak in the postseason ended at 11 innings Saturday night when Cody Ross of the San Francisco Giants homered off him in the NL championship series opener.

Halladay's string is the second longest in postseason history, STATS LLC said. Don Larsen put together a streak of 11 1-3 innings for the New York Yankees - he pitched a perfect game against Brooklyn in the 1956 World Series, then added 2 1-3 hitless innings in relief against Milwaukee in the 1957 Series.

Halladay pitched a no-hitter against Cincinnati last week in his postseason debut. The Philadelphia ace set down the first seven Giants hitters before Ross homered with one out in the third inning. According to baseball scoring rules, Halladay only gets credit for two hitless innings against San Francisco.

Johnny Vander Meer remains the only pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters, doing it in 1938 for Cincinnati.

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