The thing that made tonight was how patient we were early. I thought we had real good, quality at-bats and we never stopped coming at them.
You don't know what you're going to get with the start and stop stuff, but he had a good look about him. It was important to get him a big lead where he didn't have to drain himself from pitching in a close game.
I didn't say we had to stop there,
You stop managing at that point in time,
If it rains, that's one thing. Now if it doesn't stop -- then we've got an issue.
I thought we had real good quality at-bats tonight and we never stopped going after them. That was important for me.
You'd like to think you can stop the bleeding somewhere along the line. We never picked the right guy coming out of the bullpen.
They stopped thinking and went out there and reacted.
They stopped thinking and just went out there and reacted. With the ability we have, it's just a matter of when it's going to happen. It's just been a strange road trip.
The day I stop expecting good things to happen when he's up in a situation like that is a day that I shouldn't be here. It's surprising when we don't score with the ability we have, but that happens.
The day I stop expecting good things from him in a situation like that is the day I shouldn't be here.
It gets to the point where they just stopped thinking, went out there and reacted. It was sort of a playful determination that they had out there.