PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins' hitting streak is over. The Philadelphia Phillies' losing streak is not.
Rollins went 0-for-4, ending his 38-game hitting streak that stretched over two seasons, and the Phillies lost 4-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
After finishing with a 36-game hitting streak last year, Rollins kept up his pursuit of Joe DiMaggio's major league record 56-game streak with hits in his first two games this season.
But he was hitless in three tries against Jason Marquis — he's 3-for-25 against him — and one at-bat against Josh Hancock. Rollins flied out to right field (first inning), left field (fifth) and center field (seventh), and was retired trying to bunt for a single in the third.
Rollins was the fifth batter due up in the ninth, but Jason Isringhausen retired the side in order, getting Mike Lieberthal to ground out to third base to end the game.
Rollins' season-ending 36-game hitting streak was the ninth-longest over one season in big league history, and the longest in the majors since 1987 when Paul Molitor hit safely in 39 consecutive games.
Marquis (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 effective innings and had an RBI double, Jim Edmonds singled in the go-ahead run in a four-run fifth inning and the Cards swept the three-game series.
GIANTS 6, BRAVES 4: At San Francisco, Pedro Feliz hit a three-run double in the Giants' six-run third and Ray Durham added a two-run single in the inning. Barry Bonds saw all of eight pitches to hit and 14 total. He drew his first two intentional walks of the season, struck out and grounded to first.
REDS 6, PIRATES 5: At Cincinnati, Adam Dunn hit a 479-foot homer and followed with a disputed tiebreaking single in the eighth inning for the Reds. Pittsburgh fell to 0-4 for the first time since 1994 and only the sixth time in franchise history. Manager Jim Tracy was ejected by crew chief Gary Darling after arguing Dunn's RBI single, which was initially ruled an out.
Dunn's solo shot in the sixth off John Grabow landed on a concourse by the smokestacks in center field.
Mike Gonzalez (0-1) allowed one run and three hits in one inning for Pittsburgh. Joe Randa and Ryan Doumit homered for the Pirates.
Former Pirate Rick White (1-0) got the win and David Weathers pitched the ninth for his second save in as many chances.
METS 10, NATIONALS 5: At New York, Carlos Beltran homered and drove in four runs, and Carlos Delgado also connected for the Mets to help Pedro Martinez win his first start of the season. The game was interrupted by a near fight in the fifth inning. Jose Guillen pointed his bat at Martinez and walked halfway to the mound after getting hit by a pitch for the second time in the game. Guillen was corralled by plate umpire Ted Barrett and Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca as the benches and bullpens emptied.
DIAMONDBACKS 12, ROCKIES 5: At Denver, Arizona's Miguel Batista matched a career high with 11 strikeouts in seven innings to win his first start in almost two seasons.