"Jimmy Rollins knew when he trotted down the first-base line in the second inning that he'd missed his shot.

The Phillies had loaded the bases with no one out, but they failed to score. Rollins' slow grounder to second let Josh Johnson off the hook in a game where every mistake was magnified.

"We had him in the second inning," Rollins said. "(If it's) 3-0, the game is wide open. But we didn't take advantage of it."

When Rollins let go of a throw to first base in the bottom of the eighth, he didn't realize how big it would be. It was only when he saw Ryan Howard stretch his glove wide toward right field that he knew the throw was off line, putting Omar Infante on base for what would prove to be the winning run in a 2-1 Florida victory.

"A good throw, he's out," Rollins said. "He's not a flyer by any means. I just didn't make the throw."

It didn't take much foresight to realize that every detail would be magnified with Roy Halladay and Josh Johnson on the mound Tuesday.

In two meetings last season, the duo combined to allow just one earned run. Johnson pitched one of the best games of his career in Philadelphia. Halladay threw a perfect game in Florida.

Tuesday's affair lived up to the precedent the two aces set a year ago, and from the wasted scoring chance early to the wild throw late, the difference was all in the details.

The Phillies left 10 runners on base and were 0-for-5 with men in scoring position, coming up empty with the bases loaded in both the second and third innings.

Halladay needed little support in another strong outing, but what the Phillies gave him wasn't enough.

"I'm not worried about that coming back to haunt us. I'm worried about scoring some runs and how we played," manager Charlie Manuel said of the team's early offensive failures. "We had chances there. We didn't do it."

For Halladay, his night was defined in large part by one batter.

The sixth ball he threw to Josh Johnson in the third inning sailed wide, and as Johnson trotted to first base Halladay shouted at himself in disgust."