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When the Phillies players and officials constantly said they missed Jimmy Rollins' energy during their monthlong offensive swoon, they probably were envisioning something like Wednesday night. "It was almost made for him to get up there with a guy on base," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "That's unreal." Rollins, hitless in his first eight at-bats since returning from the disabled list, hit a walk-off, two-run home run to beat Cleveland, 7-6, at Citizens Bank Park. It was the first walk-off home run of Rollins' career. "I got one, didn't I?" Rollins told Manuel after crossing home plate. It clinched the Phillies' first interleague series win at home since June 11-13, 2007. And it created a feeling of familiarity for a team that won so many dramatic games in the last two seasons only to fall into a lengthy slump without their shortstop and clubhouse leader. "It felt good," Rollins said. Every time Rollins has stepped up to the plate since his return to the lineup from a right calf strain Tuesday, the fans at Citizens Bank Park have cheered for Rollins louder than for any other player. With the game on the line, he smoked Kerry Wood's 96 m.p.h. fastball inside the right-field foul pole. "It was one of those moments you try to do all year long," Rollins said. "Your brain just stops working. You stop thinking about what you need to do. You just set your hands. You've taken enough swings and just hope to get the right pitch." It atoned for a disastrous top half of the ninth inning. "We couldn't have gone many more innings," Manuel said. "We didn't have any pitching left." Once Anderson Hernandez laid down a bunt to begin the ninth, nothing went right for the Phillies. First, righthander Chad Durbin injured himself lunging for Hernandez's bunt. He pulled up lame with a right hamstring strain. Durbin will go on the disabled list Thursday with a Grade 1 strain, which will need 10 to 14 days to heal, Durbin said. J.C. Romero replaced Durbin. The lefthander, who agitated Manuel with his ineffectiveness in Tuesday's game, wasn't any better Wednesday. He allowed a single to put runners on first and third. No ball hit by the next four batters ever left the infield, but it was enough. Rookie catcher Carlos Santana hit a one-hopper to Rollins, who made a diving stop, but threw wildly to home plate. Trevor Crowe scored the go-ahead run. The Phillies were in it despite poor pitching, beginning with starter Kyle Kendrick. In the four games Kendrick has won, he has averaged seven innings per start and has a 0.96 ERA. In his 10 other starts, Kendrick has a 6.97 ERA. He's either been really good or really, really bad. That, Manuel has said, is because Kendrick is a rhythm pitcher. If his pace is good, Manuel says, so too are the results. On Wednesday, Kendrick began awfully. The second batter of the game, Shin-Soo Choo, hit a monster two-run home run to the second deck in right field. Choo hit another two-run shot off Kendrick in the fourth. Kendrick pitched four-plus innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits. It was his shortest outing since April 14 against Washington, his second start of the season. But whatever pitching concerns the Phillies have were overshadowed for one night by Rollins' theatrics. The players in the dugout exploded onto the field to greet Rollins at home. Shane Victorino provided the shaving cream pie in celebration. Said Manuel: "It's been quite a while