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Kazuo Matsui is congratulated by Rockies teammate Todd Helton after hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning against the Phillies in Game 2 of the NLDS on Thursday. The Rockies won 10-5 to take a 2-0 series lead.

Matsui, Colorado’s leadoff hitter, had just four homers in 410 at-bats this season. He flied out to center in his last at-bat, finishing 3-for-5.

Rookie Franklin Morales lasted just three innings, allowing three runs and three hits in his ninth career start. The 21-year-old Venezuelan earned his first win in Philly on Sept. 11.

Josh Fogg relieved the hard-throwing lefty, and pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win in his second relief appearance this year. Fogg started Monday when Colorado beat San Diego in 13 innings in the wild-card tiebreaker.

“They had that big inning and there wasn’t any looking back,” Howard said. “We need to have short memories right now.”

On an unseasonably warm fall afternoon in Philly — it was 82 degrees at game time — the balls were flying out early.

Tulowitzki, the Rookie of the Year candidate, gave the Rockies a 1-0 on a towering drive that landed in the flower bed just beyond the left-center field wall and bounced onto the field. Thinking the ball was in play, Tulowitzki slid into third base, got up and jogged home.

There was no doubt about Holliday’s shot. He hit his second homer in two games and his sixth in six games in Philadelphia this season.

Rollins connected on Morales’ first pitch in the first to slice Colorado’s lead to 2-1. His two-run triple in the third gave the Phillies their first lead of the series, 3-2.

Kendrick, who led NL rookies with 10 wins, allowed five runs and five hits in 3 2-3 innings.

Notes: Rollins hit the first leadoff homer in the Phillies’ postseason history. ... The Phillies haven’t won a postseason game since Curt Schilling shut out Toronto in Game 5 of the 1993 World Series. That series ended with Joe Carter’s homer clinching the championship for the Blue Jays. ... Colorado’s bullpen has allowed one earned run in nine innings.

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