It would be fair to say Ryan is searching for his swing a little. With the nagging injuries he has had, he just hasn't gotten a chance to get locked in at the plate.

It's fair to say we're disappointed we haven't done a better job of getting some more wins and widening the gap. I'm sure other teams would say the same thing, [that] they're disappointed they haven't won more and closed the gap.

In fairness, Cedric had some injuries and he had some nagging things that slowed him down some that I think were out of his control.

Absolutely. If they have nagging injuries and do something to irritate them, you're going to knock them back another week and a half. They've already have a week and a half [of recovery] so instead of setting it back, we're way ahead.

That was an impressive at-bat. He fouled one off his knee and he battled, then he got one he could handle.

He's shown the Padres 80 times what he can do. You don't get too close to the stove without getting burned.