That was my first at-bat of the night and I was just trying to go up there and hit the ball hard. I was a little stiff, but all you can do is go up there and battle, and that's what I did. |
They can hit, I know that. |
We just weren't able to get the big hit. |
We'd probably still be trying to finish off the bottom of the ninth for a one-run victory. I was hoping it got by him somehow. He dove and came up with the ball. That's what great defenders do. |
We're about to have a big road trip, so you definitely want to go in on a roll before you play some of the per se better teams in the American League. [Kansas City] was as good as anybody else, but you just want to beat them period. It was definitely a big sweep for us and a lot of confidence for us going on the road. |
We've been going out and taking it to teams and putting the pressure on them. We're playing a lot of teams that are in the race, and we want to mess it up for them. |
We've just been having bad luck since the beginning of the season. It's just one of those things, what can you do? A guy goes down chasing a fly ball. Another guy fouls a ball off his foot. It's just one of those things that happens in baseball. |
With our lineup, there's going to be somebody new every night to get a couple of big hits. We don't have one guy who's going to stand out and take the brunt of it. We're just scrappy, and I think that's a good thing. |
You got to bust your tail, because the one thing I learned is that in this game, they're not going to give you nothing. |
You know four runs aren't going to be enough against these guys, especially early. |
You never know what it's going to be, a bunt, a safety squeeze. |