What a difference a Rollins makes. It wasn't the Phils best performance as a team tonight but thanks to Jimmy Rollins it was a memorable one. Kyle Kendrick got the start but lasted only 4 innings while allowing 5 runs on 6 hits. Thus the Phils were left chasing Cleveland for much of the early going. First they trailed 2-0 after one, but a fielder's choice in the 1st and a solo homer by Jayson Werth in the 2nd knotted it up at 2. Then it was 3-2 Cleveland after 3 but a 2 run double by Raul Ibanez rallied the Phils to a 4-3 lead in the 4th. 2 run bomb by Shin Soo Choo quickly put Cleveland back ahead though in the 5th 5-4. It wasn't until the 7th that Brian Schneider finally evened up the score again with a leadoff solo shot.
From there the Phils looked to the bullpen to keep things evened up until they could come up with the winning run. In the 8th the bullpen did just fine as Chad Durbin shutdown the indians for the 4 successive inning. Unfortunately Durbin got hurt during and is now on the DL. Then J.C Romero replaced Durbin for the 9th and couldn't quite hold off Cleveland for a 6th straight innings as Jimmy Rollins just missed maked a spectacular play at the plate on a fielder's choice, allowing the Indians to nudge ahead again 6-5. JRoll made up for it in the 9th. With one on and one out he tatooed Kerry Wood's 1-1 offering down the line in right for a stunning walkoff 2 run homer. So just like that the Phils went from a depressing 6-5 loss to an exhilerating 7-6 win. Moreover, the Braves dropped their 2nd in a row today so the Phils are suddenly back within 3.5 games of 1st in the NL East. You can only JRoll carries them even closer because he seems to be the only one who can at this point.
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Boy is it great to have J-Roll back and in just the second game he hits a walkoff homerun!! Thats amazing. Its great to see the Phillies actually getting wins even when the pitching isnt its best.
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yeah it was all great tonight
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