I thought our defense was starting to figure them out. We like to play fast, but I thought we were playing slow because we were trying to figure out where the ball is.

When you go back to last year and look at both teams, their defense presented the biggest problem for us. They're so solid that you have to do things right against them, and when the opportunity arises, you have to be able to take advantage.

We like to play fast, and I felt like we were playing slow the whole game because we were having a hard time figuring out where the ball was. We were getting better and better at it, but the short fields really did us in.

Because it's easy to play defense like this. It's harder when the other team has 10 minutes more of possession time than you do.

Bobby can run the bases and play defense. It was good to see him get his hands through the ball. We think he is going to be a five-tool player.

The thing I like about Martin's play was his defense. I thought with his four steals and his very good defense, particularly in that stretch where we went on that late run, was very important. Martin is a pleasing guy and he wants to please everybody. He had people here and he's from here and my guess is he pleased them all.