Those are the guys we look to, quite candidly. |
To be a good ball club you've got to pitch well, defend the field and when outs are given to you, you've got to take those. Those are areas we continue to improve in. |
We battled our hearts out. We just ran out of outs. |
We feel like that's the case. Obviously, there's some front-line guys who need to step forward. |
We have guys in the lineup who were not seeing the ball the way we'd like. They're pressing, you could say. |
We have to swing the bats better and put the ball in play, and our guys will find a way to do that. |
We hope to think (he'll be back in time for Arkansas). Matt has worked very hard on the rehab. Obviously, he'll be a tremendous asset back to the ball club. |
We just ran out of outs today. We'll take that and learn from it. |
We need to develop that spot at this stage in the season. |
We need to string quality at-bats together and that comes in cycles. Presently, we're lacking in that, not from lack of work, but quality pitching. |
We pitched through some adversity tonight. |
We talked about hitting being contagious. We're working hard to be a good offensive club, and a club that can manufacture small things. |
We work very hard on that part of the game within the rules. You have to lock your feet . . . and also protect yourself by dropping the bat and turning in, so you get hit at flesh, not at the face, elbows or knees. |
We're asking a young pitching staff to grow up, get better and move forward. |
We're not pleased with where we are today, but the adversity faced by this club, bar none, in all my entire years, is unbelievable. There's a lot of different issues, and they haven't let anything get in the way. They just keep battling. |