Barry was supposed to go four at-bats, but we had some long innings at night. I just didn't think one more at-bat or one trip to the outfield was going to do that much. He got a good workout.
If there was any concern, I believe we'd take him out after seven innings last night. He looks healthy and fresh.
He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sharp. You do not find a guy throwing eight innings on his first start.
I've got to say that was one of the worst innings I've ever seen since I put on a uniform.
We have to respect the fact he's playing all those innings and getting all those at-bats. We believe he's going to hit one every time up.
I'm glad for Tyler. He's in the big leagues and he gets a shot at pitching more innings than he did with us. I believe he needed to pitch more, and that would not have been the situation here.
We had one six-run inning, but that was it. There wasn't a whole lot going on. We did the same thing last night; we scored all our runs in one inning. That being said, I'd like two or three innings of scoring.