Some guys get by with a lot of hard-hit balls that are outs, they get a ton of runs scored for them. You look further than just results. You see what they guy's featuring and that will tell you everything.
It didn't start out good, that's for sure. We've been swinging good and we like our offence. When you can hit some home runs it makes a difference.
When you're playing certain teams in the league, you know you've got to score. We scored five last night and then five in one inning tonight. You know you have to do that, and the pitching did a nice job. But, yeah, the add-on runs are key.
We played a good ballgame, ... We scratched a couple runs and caught the big break.
We played a good ballgame. We scratched a couple runs and caught the big break.
We scored some runs to give him a little breathing room. He pitched good. He got out of some big jams.
There's no secret. When you're in the division with these guys, you've got to slug it out. When you go head-to-head with them, very rarely is there going to be low-scoring games. ... It's tough to shut them down, to hold them to three runs or less. You've got to score with them.
In the past, if he gave up a few runs early, sometimes the game would get away from him. But he's been a new guy now for the last few months. He's just getting better and better. He showed that tonight.
They know we can score some runs so we're not out of games. They're confident that we have some offence. We're solid top to bottom.