We've been staying sound in all three areas of the game ... pitching, defense and hitting. It's big for us right now to stay consistent as both hitters and pitchers.

We had emphasized that we'd see a lot of pitchers. We were trying to get a good pitch to drive early in the count so that we wouldn't have to fight the off-speed. We really concentrated on jumping on a pitch early.

It all starts with the defense. Our job is to give the ball to the offense in good position.

Right now things are going very well for us. Our pitching is good, we're making the plays on defense, and the entire lineup is hitting the ball. Hopefully, we can keep playing like this the rest of the season. We're having a lot of fun right now.

Our defense is key to us right now. We've got to play good defense. That's our driving force.

We were really focused tonight. We're playing to our strengths right now, which is pressure defense and fast-break offense.