HOUSTON -- With one swing of the bat from Jimmy Rollins on Friday night, the Philadelphia Phillies put a tough loss to the Houston Astros a night before behind them. Anthony Davis Jersey . Rollins hit a leadoff homer, Domonic Brown had a two-run shot and John Mayberry and Ryan Howard each had three RBIs as the Phillies beat the Astros 12-6. The Phillies rebounded from Thursday nights 6-4 loss to Houston, which broke a seven-game winning streak and left them four games back for the second NL wild-card spot. Fridays win cut it to 3 1/2, with the Cardinals and Dodgers still playing on the West Coast. "Its huge," Philadelphia starter Cole Hamels said of Rollins homer. "Thats something that Jimmys done a lot in his career, and when hes able to do that, it really kind of puts the edge into our favour and really gets guys fired up to go out and perform at the highest level. With what we have at stake going on right now, thats what we need." Rollins homer keyed a four-run first inning on a night when the Phillies came one run shy of a season high. "We dont have too many where we can kind of relax," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "At the same time, tonight, that was good for us. Getting some hits and scoring some runs was good for us." Rollins downplayed the importance of his homer, but did acknowledge that it started the night on a high note. "That was probably a good thing," he said. "Even better, we didnt stop there. This team plays us tough. Always have, dont know why. Whether theyre a team well over .500 or a team well under .500, we show up and we have a problem with them." A two-run homer by Matt Downs got Houston within 5-3 in the fourth. Mayberrys two-run single in the fifth stretched the lead to 7-3. Justin Maxwell added a solo shot in the fifth for the last-place Astros. Hamels (15-6) gave up four runs and seven hits while fanning eight over seven innings, and tied a career high for wins set in 2007. It was the first victory over the Astros for the left-hander in his last five tries, and his first win overall since Aug. 18 after not factoring into the decision in his last three outings. "If you get four runs off Cole Hamels, then its a big night offensively," Downs said. "It is always tough to put runs up against a guy like that, but they swung the bats extremely well tonight." Hamels threw 95 pitches, ending a streak of 14 straight games with at least 100 pitches. He liked having a big lead before stepping on the mound. "Just being able to come out and put up the runs early is huge, just because you want to just get the momentum back," Hamels said. "Especially after last night, you want to get things rolling again and get the positive mojo going so we can get back into how we know weve been playing baseball for the last week." Edgar Gonzalez (2-1), starting in place of Bud Norris -- scratched on Thursday because of a blister on the index finger of his throwing hand -- needed 32 pitches to get through the first inning and was done after the fourth. Browns homer, to the second deck in right field, made it 9-4 in the seventh. After Rollins homered into the right-field seats for his 42nd career leadoff shot, extending his team record, Juan Pierre drew a walk, stole second base and scored on a single by Chase Utley. Utley swiped second base before making it 3-0 when he scored on a ground-rule double by Howard. Mayberrys two-out RBI single left the Phillies up 4-0. Mayberry, who finished with three hits, doubled in the fourth and scored on a single by Kevin Frandsen to push the lead to 5-1. Chuckie Fick walked Utley and Howard with one out in the fifth before being lifted for Fernando Rodriguez. After an intentional walk to Brown loaded the bases, Mayberrys single was deflected by Rodriguez and rolled to second baseman Jose Altuve. Utley and Carlos Ruiz scored before Altuve could get the throw to the plate and the Phillies increased the lead to 7-3. Utley had an RBI double in the eighth and Howard drove in two runs with a single. NOTES: Jeff Kent, who played for the Astros from 2003-04, was scheduled to throw out the first pitch on Friday as Houston continues the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the franchise. But Kent was still recovering from breaking four ribs and puncturing one of his lungs in a recent dirt bike accident, so his 9-year-old son Kaeden threw the pitch. Kent is set to appear "Survivor: Philippines," the 25th season of the show, which premieres later this month. "The opportunity came for me to challenge myself and compete and compete socially, which was a challenge in itself," he said of the show. "It was a fun experience." ... 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Platini was referring to Frances infamous training ground strike at the2010 World Cup, which shocked and embarrassed a nation, and where Ribery was handed a three-match ban for his perceived role as one of the strike ringleaders. Only recently has the French public started warming to Ribery again, and he no longer wants to reflect on that dark chapter. Riberys fall from grace was spectacular, and perhaps unprecedented, such was his level of popularity from the time he broke into the French team at the 2006 World Cup until he was embroiled in a prostitution scandal -- two months before the last World Cup -- and then after the strike that dragged French football to its lowest ever ebb. When he returned to play for France at home to Croatia last year, even though his ban was served, the French fans were merciless and jeered him relentlessly. The French media questioned his form, while politicians called for him to be dropped. Only Laurent Blanc really stuck by him as his goal drought continued and his Bayern Munich form kept on eluding him when playing for France. "Blanc always believed in me. Blanc and (assistant coach) Jean-Louis Gasset came to Munich to speak to me, which is something huge," Ribery said. Colin Kaepernick Youth Jersey. "There was a time when people were talking only about me, there was a lot of heavy criticism. They told me to get my confidence back." But even Blanc was running out of patience, until Ribery finally found his form again in blue shirt of France, scoring excellent goals in each of the three Euro 2012 warmup matches as France beat Iceland 3-2, Serbia 2-0 and Estonia 4-0. "I had been waiting for this goal, and it felt so good to score," Ribery said Thursday, referring to his goal against Iceland last month, which ended a scoring drought of more than three years for France. More importantly, for him at least, the crowd started to get back on his side. So much so that, when he scored against Estonia to cap his excellent performance on Thursday night, the crowd in Le Mans rose to their feet to give him an ovation when he was substituted late on. For the first time in what must have seemed like an eternity to him, chants of "Ribery, Ribery" could be heard. "It was great to see how the fans treated me. It gave me a lot of confidence," Ribery said. "Everyone needs the backing of their fans, and I had lost that for a while in the French team. Now its exactly the same with the French team as it is with Bayern." Now 29 years old, Ribery finally has a chance to put the past behind him once and for all, and star for France again -- just like he did at the World Cup six years ago. ' ' '