WHY COULDN'T McCOVEY HAVE HIT THE BALL JUST THREE FEET HIGHER?

We hit the ball very hard tonight, especially on the ground. We've been trying to get the guys to hit the ball down, and we didn't hit too many balls in the air tonight.

There was a loose ball, and he shot it from 3 or 4 feet beyond the line, like it was nothing.

That was a win we've needed for a while. This is the best we've hit the ball all year.

When you come down the stretch like we are, ... good teams hit the ball.

Us three, we actually talked. We can hit the ball, we just needed to get up there.