Jimmy Rollins had the first walk-off homer of his career last night and the timing could not have been better. Trailing in the ninth 6-5 to the Indians, Rollins hit a two-run shot to the right field corner. Game over. The Phillies won 7-6. That despite another bad start from Kyle Kendrick, good when he is on, terrible when he is not. Call-up Mike Zagurski pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings in his long-awaited return to the bigs. Chad Durbin popped his hamstring in the ninth and was put on the DL, another bit of bad news.
It was Rollins, though, front and center, with his first hit since being activated from the DL. He called it "one of those moments you try to do all year. Your brain just stops working. You stop thinking about what you need to do. You just set your hands." As someone once said, An empty mind is a full bat.
J.A. Happ was better in last night's rehab start with Reading and the Reading bats stayed hotter than hot, with homers from Bozied, Galvis, Spidale, and Rizzotti, in an 8-3 win over Bowie.
