Francisco, acquired from Cleveland in the July 29 trade that also included star left-hander Cliff Lee, lined a 1-1 pitch from Gregg (4-4) into the basket that hangs over the left-field fence. Francisco is batting .345 with six homers and 12 RBIs in his last 16 games.
His shot made a winner of Scott Eyre (2-1), who fell out of favor in Chicago last season and was traded to Philadelphia, where he went on to win a World Series ring. After Eyre worked 1 1/3 perfect innings, Chad Durbin, fresh off the disabled list, pitched a hitless 12th for his second save.
Leading 3-2, the Phillies thought they had scored a ninth-inning insurance run on Carlos Ruiz's homer down the left-field line. But the umpiring crew used replay review and correctly ruled it a foul ball. It was the first video review ever at Wrigley Field.
Brad Lidge then lost the lead in the bottom of the inning, suffering his seventh blown save in 28 tries after going 41-for-41 last year. Kosuke Fukudome drew a leadoff walk, advanced on Ryan Theriot's sacrifice bunt and scored the tying run on Milton Bradley's line-drive single to right. Lidge has a 7.29 ERA; it was 1.95 in 2008.
The Cubs took a 2-0 lead in the third on Jake Fox's RBI single and Alfonso Soriano's sacrifice fly. Rich Harden made the lead stand into the sixth, retiring the first 16 batters before walking Ruiz. Then, with two outs, Rollins broke up the no-hitter with a homer into the right-field bleachers.
Rollins is batting .325 with eight homers and 27 RBIs in 151 at-bats since snapping a career-worst 0-for-28 streak.
Harden allowed only one other hit, Ryan Howard's single, in seven innings.
The Phillies took the lead in the eighth when Carlos Marmol hit a batter and issued three walks, the third to Howard with the bases loaded. Opponents are batting only .166 against Marmol, but he has walked 52 batters and hit 11 others in 53 2/3 innings.
Philadelphia starter J.A. Happ, who leads the NL with a 1.84 road ERA, allowed seven hits and two runs in six innings.
NOTES: Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez (left shoulder soreness) received a cortisone injection Tuesday morning to reduce inflammation and hoped to be back in the lineup by Thursday or Friday. ... Phillies All-Star RF Jayson Werth, hitless in his last 14 at-bats and mired in a 3-for-26 slump, was out of the starting lineup for a second straight game. He struck out as a pinch-hitter in the 12th. ... Cubs 2B Jeff Baker had four hits, all singles, tying a career high.
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