all team sports information, Mlb teamJimmy Rollins couldn't have asked for a better return. All team sports information reports, other than hitting the triple he needed for the cycle. Rollins led the MLB team Philadelphia Phillies to victory in his long-awaited comeback, and did so playing in front of family and friends in his native Bay Area no less.
The reigning NL MVP came off the disabled list and hit a two-run homer, an RBI double and also singled, sending the MLB team Phillies past the struggling San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Friday night.
All team sports information reported Rollins saying "It was great. It makes you smile," and "Hopefully I can give you guys a good story. It ain't going to happen all the time."
Carlos Ruiz drove in two runs for the MLB team Phillies, including the go-ahead score in the eighth, and Cole Hamels (4-3) struck out seven in seven innings to win his second straight decision.
The MLB team Giants lost their season-high fifth straight game and sixth in seven to drop a season-worst eight games under .500 (14-22). San Francisco is back home for 10 games on the heels of a disappointing 1-5 road trip that featured a three-game sweep at Pittsburgh after a losing series in Philadelphia.
Batting leadoff and starting at shortstop, Rollins grounded out in his first two at-bats before connecting for his third home run of 2008 in the fifth. All team sports information reports his drive into the left-field seats off the first pitch from Patrick Misch pulled Philadelphia within 4-3. He singled in the seventh for his fifth multihit game this year, then doubled in the eighth. It was one nice homecoming for Rollins who missed a month with a sprained left ankle.
All team sports information reports, Hamels allowed four runs and six hits. Tom Gordon pitched a scoreless eighth and Brad Lidge finished for his ninth save in as many chances, striking out the side while allowing one hit.