Phillies blog The Good Phight was watching an ugly night of baseball between the Phillies and Indians. And then Jimmy Rollins stepped up to the plate in the 9th. One game-ending home run later, Philadelphia had won the game 7-6 an Jimmy Rollins’ value to the organization suddenly went from symbolic to solid.
The Good Phight: Rollins Find Redemption With One Swing
Through the first eight at-bats of Jimmy Rollins’ second return from injury, his value seemed mostly symbolic: the shortstop/sparkplug/seer was an underwhelming 0 for 8. But that was all forgotten very quickly when Rollins came up with a man on second and one out in the bottom of the 9th and the Phillies trailing the visiting Indians 6-5. Rollins pulled a Kerry Wood fastball down the right field line and into the cheering crowd to give the Phils a much-needed walkoff win—only their second of the season.
In addition to Rollins’ quick redemption, Jayson Werth had his best game in weeks: 3 for 3 plus a walk, including his 25th double and 13th homer of the season. Brian Schneider contributed as well, with a game-tying solo home run in the seventh and a walk to lead off the bottom of the ninth and set up Rollins’ heroics. Also notable was the return of lefty reliever Mike Zagurski, who looked sharp in 1.1 innings of scoreless relief with a strikeout—on a 94 mile fastball, no less—and a walk.
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