We got ourselves out tonight. That's a guy we've got to beat, especially with the guys coming behind him.

You get beat when you walk guys, and we did tonight.

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.

Especially with the guys behind him, he'll score runs. If he has a .400 on-base percentage, he could score 200 runs.

I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight. Guys, if you could blow yourselves, ladies, you'd be in this room alone right now. Watching an empty stage.

You've got to admire the guy, coming into this very tough system and figuring out how to beat it.