Dusty did a great job and you could tell he wanted to be out there in that situation. |
He basically has a patent on that type of performance. He's done a great job as a both a closer and set-up man for us before, so it was nice to see him pitch well as a starter, too. |
His coming was a godsend. We needed that personality to guide the museum through the early days. When he came on board, it was a foregone conclusion that it would be a success. |
I thought he did a very good job of competing. He was basically getting by with two pitches.... As much as anything, he just had a good fastball. |
I thought his velocity would increase dramatically in college. But that didn't happen. We didn't see dramatic change. He's throwing 79-82 mph. But he has excellent command of four pitches. |
I thought Shane Garner did an excellent job today, not only doing just what you're supposed to do, to go in, throw strikes and compete, but just slowing it down, creating some semblance of order. It didn't seem like we had that with Matt Brewer in the game. Things were just crazy and some of that was not his fault, but some of it was. |
I'd like to see us become more consistent on defense, but there were some good plays that kept us in the game. We struggled some offensively, but had some clutch hits, and pitched well enough to win a close game. |
I've seen Tyler better than he was today. He's not going to pitch like that in the future. He just didn't have a good day. |
It is something we have to address. We aren't going to win many close games by making those types of plays. Those were routine plays and there are no excuses for the way we're kicking the ball around right now. |
It was an ESPN highlight. There wasn't anything wrong with the bunt or the runner. Matt just made an unbelievable play. |
It's a difficult task to win four games in any series against any team. That's a good ball club over there, so we're happy. |
It's nice to be mentioned in the same breath as some of the teams in the 70s. When you're playing well, winning can be contagious. |
It's taken longer than I would have thought. I guess it's a milestone, but I wish it happened earlier than it did. |
It's too bad Baker left that pitch up. The kid hit it pretty well, but it was just a slider that didn't do anything. He didn't seem to have a lot today. Sometimes you just have to work through that. |
Matt hasn't been out there much. He hasn't been in that situation often. However, when it's all said and done, he is going to be a factor. |