Eric Bruntlett Quotations

Last year there was never really a spot where somebody had to come in and fill in ... for an extended period. You usually have that at some point. I don't know if I would have gotten a chance, but if you keep playing, at some point you get a chance to go out on a more regular basis and you have to be ready.

(Monday night) was like everything was out of reach.

I felt great up there today. I was able to slow everything down. I was under control at the plate. Everything just was real clear in my mind going up there.

If the guy's safe there and the runner goes to second base, I deserve to be taken out to the tunnel and chewed out. But it did work out for us.

He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch earlier in the at-bat and missed it.

Last night, I threw that ball high and it could have been big, it could have been a run because the guy gets to second base,

I was thrilled, it was a great way to finish it.

You just kind of watch the game and see where you might fit in and try to mentally prepare yourself for when the time comes up. When I hit it, I wasn't real sure. I didn't get a whole lot of that ball, but it was just enough.

Those are the kind of moments that make all the 0-for-15s worthwhile. It's a big situation, and I got the job done.

We've had to battle back from those kind of nights a lot this year.

Everything had to be done perfectly. There is no room for any error at all. Otherwise, it's not going to happen.

Billy's tough, obviously. He's one of the toughest pitchers you're going to face in the league. If there's a spot where you want to take a chance, you want to do that on the base paths. Chances are you're not going to string two base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk.

It's not going to last too much longer.

It seemed like that moment takes forever, ... The ball going over to first was kind of in slow motion.

I'm not that attached to it, I guess.

I really don't know how we got out of that inning.

Chances are you're not to going to string a few base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk.

I couldn't get a hold of it. Bad grip. I couldn't get it out of the glove.

I feel bad that I took that away from him. I went and found him and asked him if he could forgive me.

I feel I have the confidence of the staff to do, if nothing else, what I did last year and play different spots in the field and fill in where I can.

All I was thinking about was getting the ball down, but it still floated on me. Obviously, it worked out, but that's still not how you want to do it exactly.

You've been sitting around for three-plus hours, and then you have to come in and get the job done. It isn't easy.