Phil Garner Hits Quotations

I don't think he was as sharp as he's going to be, but for pitching against a team that hits the ball well, he battled through it. He did a good job of changing things.

He should give us some pop in the lineup and the ability to drive in some runs. We hope he drives in 100 runs and hits 30 home runs. That's what we're expecting from him.

I wouldn't say he pitched poorly, I'd say that they did a good job of putting the ball in play. They are a good hitting team. They're going to get some hits on you.

I think he's the guy that can bring some clutch hits for us. I'm going to do the right thing for the team.

We need them in the worst way, and we need to win them in a pretty good fashion, too. These guys have come in here. They've come up with the big hits when they need them. They look like they're comfortable, and we need to put something in their heads, make them think about us a little bit.

We haven't come up with a lot of base hits like that, that I can recall.

What's happening is we're getting timely hits and we're doing it from all parts of the lineup.

No question that when you're not bunching a bunch of hits together, then you need somebody to come through for you big.

That was a big blow. No question that when you're not bunching a bunch of hits together, then you need somebody to come through for you big.

That was a big blow, ... No question that when you're not bunching a bunch of hits together, then you need somebody to come through for you big.

They came up with the big hits when they needed them. They did the same thing (Monday).

He's putting the ball in play the other way. When he does that, he hits well.

He's an exceptional defensive player, and then he came up with some big hits when we needed them. He made himself very valuable.

If he hits a ball hard, you can get him out. If he hits it soft, he'll beat it out every time. He has an incredible burst the last 15 feet or so. There have been six or seven times this season when an umpire will anticipate a little bit and call him out and then realize that he was safe. I got thrown out of a game or two because I got tired of seeing that. I don't know if he's going to win the rookie of the year or not, but there is no doubt he's an exciting player.