We hit the ball much better in this game.

This was by far our best hitting game of the season. One hit in any of those situations, and we could have opened the game up.

Keith is really hitting the ball well for us. He hit a shot in the gap in the first game and made it to third.

(Columbus) came out swinging, and they hit the ball hard. It's just the first game. Everything gets magnified on the first game. Things get blown out of proportion. It's just one game. There's a lot of games to go.

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

The ball, just when he throws it down, guys just swing and miss or they hit grounders. He's in a little bit of a tough spot with us. We have a very full, veteran staff but we certainly like what we see.