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HOUSTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Roy Halladay outdueled Houston's Bud Norris for a 1-0 victory Wednesday and locked up a playoff berth for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Halladay (18-5) gave up six hits in his first shutout of the year and 20th of his career. Halladay has seven complete games, which leads the National League. He walked one and struck out seven.
Norris (6-10) gave just four hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out three.
However, the first two batters he faced each had hits. Shane Victorino doubled on the game's second pitch and, two pitches later, Placido Polanco singled up the middle driving in Victorino.
Norris retired the next 15 batters and pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth.
But Halladay made the first-inning run stand up. He got out of a bases-loaded situation in the second by getting a ground out and a double play and didn't allow more than one runner each in any inning the rest of the way.
The win assured the Phillies of a spot in the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season.
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