He got the run in. It wasn't the fly ball or a ball in the gap, but he got the run in. Guys that drive in runs, find a way to get a run in. That's just what they do. |
He had a pretty nice fastball and he was locating it pretty good and they just stayed with it all night. It was kind of an unusually pitched game. You don't see a guy use primary fastballs but he was locating where he wanted and they stayed with it and he did a nice job. |
He had not been pitching on a consistent basis, ... Even though he had given up only two hits, he had gotten behind a lot of hitters. |
He had pitched too good of a game to have it slip away. So give it to the guy that's supposed to finish the game out. He'll have a whole bunch more opportunities to finish those kind of games out. |
He had to have a few stitches in his middle finger. He'll be out for a few days. We don't know a time frame on that yet. |
He had us in a hole all night, ... He found the strike zone and he said, `hit it,´ and we didn´t. |
He had us in a hole all night, ... He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't. |
He had us in a hole all night. He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't. |
He handles everything well, and for a guy who plays maybe once a week, it's tough to do well in a job like that. Pinch-hitting is one of the toughest jobs, you're usually facing somebody tough. It's hard to sit around for three or four days, then try to go up there and get a key at-bat in a critical situation. |
He has not been used a lot recently. He needed to throw tonight, so he was going to have to go. I actually debated bringing him in in the seventh if we had gotten in trouble. He was going to have to work hard tonight. |
He has pitched absolutely brilliant baseball. He should not have lost a game this year, basically. |
He hasn't made a quick, hard throw and we want to see that. It will happen when it happens. Obviously, we'd like to see it before opening day. |
He hit a slider where we like for Brad to throw it, and he got it up the middle. All along in this series, we talked about they were doing a nice job of hitting, and that was a classic case of it. |
He hustled all the way and made a super play; that might have been the turning point at the game right there. |
He is a fun player to watch. You just kind of get the feeling he's going to do something. He's just got that kind of a persona about him. |