The old saying in baseball is pitching and defense will win championships, but scoring runs will win you games. We have to score too.

We're a pretty solid pitching team. We have some really good arms. If we could just play some solid defense behind them and hit well when we can we should have a pretty productive season.

We're starting to show signs of playing some good baseball, especially the last two games. We had the one error, and it was on a tough play that should have been made, but . . .

Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.

Both pitchers were matching zeros across the board the whole game. They scored one in the fifth and we came back with two in the sixth and that was the end of it. That was a great win. They're a pretty solid club.

Our defense is a huge advantage for us, and it will be especially in the postseason, too. Tight games, great teams. Defense matters, especially in the postseason.