The shortstop sent A.J. Burnett's first pitch into the rightfield seats, the first of four Phillies home run, to lead his team to a win, 7-3, over the Yankees.
Carlos Ruiz, Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez hit the other home runs for the Phillies, who snapped the Yankees winning streak at nine games.
After Rollins gave the Phillies the one-run lead, Ruiz hit a two-run shot in the second inning. The home run was his first since Game 3 of last year's World Series.
Werth hit a two-run blast in the fifth inning, becoming the first player to hit a ball into the second deck in the new Yankee Stadium. His shot ran the lead to 5-0.
The run support was plenty for Phillies starter Brett Myers (4-2). Myers went eight innings, allowing three runs and eight hits. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
Burnett (2-2) dropped to 0-2 in his last seven starts. The Yankees righthander went six innings, giving up five runs on six hits and allowing three of the four Philadelphia home runs.
The three home runs allowed tied a career record for Burnett.
With the win, the Phillies have won seven of eight, with all the victories coming on the road.
Box Score:
Jeter: 2-for-4, SOLO HR
Damon: 0-for-4
Teixeira: 2-for-4, SOLO HR
Rodriguez: 2-for-4, SOLO HR
Matsui: 1-for-4
Swisher: 0-for-4
Cano: 0-for-4
Cabrera: 1-for-4
Cash: 0-for-3
Burnett: 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BBs, 7 Ks, 3 HR ALLOWED (59 of his 95 pitches went for strikes)
Wang: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks (29 of his 51 pitches went for strikes)
My Thoughts:
1. We've got the shake, now where's the bake?
Coming into the season, I thought CC and A.J. would become almost Talladega Nights-esque with their partnership. CC would bring the shake, and A.J. would bring the bake. Well, in the last seven starts, we haven't got the bake. Burnett has been struggling early in the season, and it just seems he hasn't been able to gain any momentum. I thought he had a good start in Toronto. And I thought that might propel him into a string of good starts. But it wasn't meant to be. It's been even more frustrating watching him because his struggles are so pronounced. Through three innings, he was near 50 pitches tonight. He was able to get through six, but he still let up three big shots. After tonight's performance, his ERA is up to 5.28. Ever since that start in Boston, Burnett hasn't been able to be the good pitcher we saw earlier this year. Let's see if he can turn it around.
2. Yes, that was Chien-Ming Wang in the 7th inning.
Wang wasn't terrible on the mound. He actually lowered his ERA to a respectable 25.00! In all seriousness, there was a return of the velocity tonight on the mound. He's still a little low (usually he's at 94-95, today he was at 92), but most of the balls were on the ground. It was an encouraging three innings, but it still left something to be desired. After all, he gave up six hits in those three innings, and many of them were hard hit balls on the ground. He did get a very Wang like double play ball. Overall, not a terrible outing.
3. It had to end some time.
Well, the win streak is over at nine. The Yankees just couldn't find a way to break Myers tonight, and in the end they couldn't make a dent in Ryan Madsen. Oh well, tomorrow is another day and an opportunity for another streak to start.
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