had four-hit games on April 27, July 14, and September 22, all Philadelphia victories. With the Phillies thick in the hunt for the playoffs late in the season, on September 17, Rowand hit two home runs against the St. Louis Cardinals. Then, in the eighth inning, he fell to the ground on the warning track as he robbed Ryan Ludwick of a hit that would have driven in the runs to put the Cardinals ahead. Philadelphia won 13–11. He finished the season with a batting average of .309, 105 runs scored (10th in the NL), 189 hits (eighth in the NL), 45 doubles (sixth in the NL), 27 home runs, 89 RBI, and six stolen bases. He earned his first Gold Glove Award for his outfield play that year, leading the NL with 11 outfield assists. Committing only two errors all season, Rowand led NL outfielders with a .995 fielding percentage. He finished 22nd in NL Most Valuable Player Award voting. Winners of the NL East in 2007, the Phillies faced the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS. Rowand and Burrell hit back-to-back home runs against Jeff Francis to start the fifth inning of Game 1, which Philadelphia would lose 4–2. That was his only hit of the series, which Philadelphia lost in three games. San Francisco Giants (2008–2011) 2008 Rowand signed a five-year, $60 million contract with the San Francisco Giants on December 12, 2007, becoming the team's primary offseason free agent signing. In the face of dismal expectations for the team's 2008 season, Rowand proposed in January that the Giants could win the NL West "if guys have some good years". He had three RBIs apiece in back-to-back games against the Marlins on May 23 and 25, the first an 8–2 victory and the second an 8–6 loss in the first game of a doubleheader. In the latter game, he hit his 100th career home run, against Mark Hendrickson. Rowand had one other three-RBI game, which came on August 6 in a 3–2 win over the Atlanta Braves. He batted .342 in his first 54 games (through June 2), but his average was only .233 from June 3 through the rest of the season. On August 13, he had a season-high four hits and scored a run in a 5–4 victory over the Dodgers. The Giants did not win the division, struggling to a 72–90 finish. Rowand himself did