Being able to pinch-hit and get [the two-run homer Saturday] and this ... I don't know what's going on.

The game was close, so I figured I might get to pinch hit. I had a bad game Saturday and had been battling. I needed to relax. That (hit) was good to see.

You still have to have the punch to hit a three-run homer when you need it.

I was waiting for something to happen, anything, and then Nick hit a three-run homer. We won it 4-3. Nick was the guy.

Antonio Perez can hit. Let's say it's the seventh inning and Frank gets on. If we need to pinch run I'm not afraid of using Antonio in that spot. In other years I've refrained from using a pinch-runner for our best hitters because the drop off was too great.

We're not looking to bring a large number of people up, and try to pinch-hit and then pinch-run, and then [play] defense for somebody. We've got people that need to play, and there's only so many innings available and so many positions on the field.