[Benson]'s a veteran pitcher in here. He's throwing downhill really well and he had some crispness through his breaking ball and [he had] some depth to it. |
[Castro] did a good job down in Ottawa. We'll package him up with [leadoff hitter Brian Roberts] to see if we can create some havoc up at the top [of the lineup] and see if we can't invigorate some excitement. |
A big difference, to finish off with a win like that. There was more emotion in the dugout the last two innings than I've seen the entire game. |
A guy threw [95] pitches in four innings and we still only had three runs to show for it. I think when that happens and they get their bullpen in, you start wondering what it's going to be like at the end. That's a natural thought, I think, for anybody sitting in that situation. We just didn't get the one hit to break it open. |
Adam needs to pitch. He needs to succeed at a higher level and keep progressing. He might not quite be ready for the Major Leagues, but he certainly pitched better than I have seen him in the past and more like what we are expecting out of him, which is good. He just needs to keep progressing and it will be alright for us. |
All along we felt that Danny would be fine. Everyone made a big deal out of his first two starts like he was going to walk everyone in the ballpark. Tonight we got what we really expect from him. |
Another day or two isn't real important. As long as he stays healthy, I think he's going to be OK. If it takes one more outing, then it takes one more. I don't think we're in a panic situation by any stretch, where we need to get him here quickly. We just want to make sure [that] when he gets here, he's here to stay. |
Anything could happen with Lou. |
At that point in the game, I thought he was our best guy. I asked him if he was getting tired. He said, 'A little bit,' and that was all I needed to hear. We went right to Julio. |
Bedard was outstanding tonight from start to finish. He owned the outer half of the plate and he was throwing about as hard as I have ever seen him. |
Bruce just did a tremendous job coming back and settling down the rest of the way. |
Changes don't get made when things are really going good, so it's something that you have to work through. I mean, obviously we are struggling a little bit. We need to get it going again. |
Chris lately has not been himself. He needs to get his confidence back. His arm is outstanding and he's going to have a lot of outstanding years in the big leagues. It's basically to get him right. |
Damage control. I thought, 'Holy cow, here we go again.' When he got out of that, I said, 'All right. That's a major step. |
Daniel got the ball that he needed to get on a great hitter, and we just didn't make the play. It cost us. |