"Yeah, definitely,'' the Phillies shortstop said when asked afterward if the premise made sense. "I was saying that to myself. If I just got a hit here, it would have changed things. Maybe Shane would have got rolling. Chase, Ryan, something would have happened. But I didn't. And besides the two home runs, nothing really went on today.''
That's not an understatement. Shane Victorino went hitless. Chase Utley struck out four times on only 13 pitches. Ryan Howard struck out three times.
Of the three, only Victorino batted with anyone in scoring position. That was after Rollins walked with two outs and Carlos Ruiz on second.
Victorino grounded out.
Otherwise, Rollins was 0-for-3, including two at-bats where he worked the count to 3-1 against Rockies starter Jeff Francis and still made an out.
"Just couldn't square one up,'' he said. "But take your hat off to him. He did a real good job.''
The Phillies' regulars entered the game with 20 hits in 38 at-bats against Francis. They got four hits and struck out eight times against him in six innings.
Rollins answered, "Not at all,'' when asked if the pressure of the day got to them, arguing that his team was simply "amped up.''
He was asked if there's not a fine line there.
"No, there's not a fine line,'' he said. "Pressure is when you go out and try to make things happen because things aren't going right, or you're trying too hard.
"Amped is just another word for excited. You're not trying to, but your swing is a little quicker. Your feet may be a little quicker. Your arm may be a little quicker, and you leave pitches up. You've got to just get that under control.''
