Halladay displayed much more control than in his last outing with the Phillies, when he walked four batters and hit two with pitches in an ugly start against the Marlins on May 4. But he went through a few stretches in which he appeared to suffer variations of the same problems that plagued him throughout April and May, when he allowed 33 runs in 34 1/3 innings over seven starts before landing on the disabled list with what ultimately was diagnosed to be fraying in the labrum and rotator cuff along with an inflamed bursa sac. There were times when he struggled to control the run on his sinker and the pitch would scream outside of the strike zone. He struggled to locate his pitches on the glove side of the plate (outside to righties, inside to lefties), although he improved in that aspect in his last two innings. Halladay seemed to think that his flaws are more indicative of rust than anything, and that more mound time will result in a better repletion of his mechanics.