Phils Kick-off Homestand with 3-2 Win Over Rockies

Travis Lee's sixth-inning homer proved to be the difference as the Philadelphia Phillies snapped the Colorado Rockies six-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory.

The win was just the Phillies fourth in 16 games.

With Philadelphia holding a 2-1 lead, Lee belted a 1-0 pitch from Rockies starter Shawn Chacon over the wall in right-center field. The first baseman had just one hit in his previous 10 at-bats against Colorado.

"(I'm) glad I felt comfortable at the plate," Lee said. "That is what you strive for in this game. Go up there with a plan, stay focused and put good swings on the ball."

Phillies starter Brandon Duckworth (2-2) allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings and notched his first win in six starts.

"It was nice to go out there and make some quality pitches and let the defense work tonight," Duckworth said. "I did not have my curveball like I wish I had but (I) was able to locate fastballs. That was the biggest thing."

Closer Jose Mesa struck out the side in order in the ninth for his seventh save of the season.

Chacon (2-4) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings and lost for the third time in four starts.

"I have had too many of these games where I battled and kept us in the game," Chacon said. "I am tired of it. I just want to pitch a game where I completely shut them down."

Chacon yielded a bases-loaded walk to Jimmy Rollins with two outs in the second, plating Lee for a 1-0 lead.

With Larry Walker on first and one out in the fourth, Todd Zeile and Todd Hollandsworth laced back-to-back singles to tie the game. Jose Ortiz was hit by a pitch loading the bases but former Phillie Gary Bennett bounced into an inning-ending double play.

"We got a few breaks," Duckworth said. "Getting the double-play ball ... that was huge."

"We lost seven of our last road games by one run," Walker said. "We look at that as a positive, something we can turn around."

Duckworth helped his cause in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-out single scoring Marlon Anderson from first base, giving the Phillies the lead for good.

With runners on the corners and out in the seventh, Rheal Cormier was brought in to face Walker, who grounded out to first, plating Juan Pierre and moving Juan Uribe to second. But Cormier also induced Helton to ground out to first, retiring the side.

"The two batters (Cormier) faced are as good a lefthanded hitters as there is," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "There is Bonds, then you can throw those guys in there."

Ricky Bottalico retired the side in order in the eighth before Mesa came on in the ninth.

It was the Rockies first loss under new manager Clint Hurdle, who took over for Buddy Bell on April 26.

"I really did not expect to ever lose a game," he said. "We just got outpitched tonight."

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