After missing out on a chance to score more runs in the sixth and then not getting that bunt down, it was certainly nice to see Manual pick us up after that. It's also definitely a good feeling to put together a couple of wins after going through some struggles like we did. |
After two strikes, it was his call to bunt or not. Bonafacio has been a big part of our offense. |
Bonifacio saw the base wasn't covered, but you can't be that aggressive in the first inning. But I'll never fault anyone for being aggressive. |
Carlos did that on his own. |
Give that kid credit, he stayed down and changed speeds a lot. We hit a lot of balls off the end of the bat. |
He got sick. He broke out in a fever so he had to come out of the game. We've got seven or eight guys coming down with the flu. |
He had no feel for his curve ball. |
He has to stay away from that. |
He made an adjustment, that's what you have to in this game. |
He's a sinker-slider guy who can get you the strikeout when you need it. |
He's maturing. He's coming along. We're breaking him of some bad habits. |
I feel confident. All season we've gone day-to-day, you forget about yesterday. Now there's no tomorrow. These guys battle all the way, you saw that in the last inning tonight. |
I keep preaching to the guys it's how you end the game that matters the most. Our bullpen really stepped up and did their job to preserve this one for us. |
I told him no way. I'm a baseball guy. |
I wanted five good innings. Kellen Raab was going to be ready if we needed him. But Jackson just kept going and going. |