Ned Yost Score Quotations

We had battled back for him and got him in a situation where the score was tied,

(Capuano) just struggled all day. He could never get it going. We had too many walks all day. We ended up with nine. When a team has been struggling to score runs a little bit like they have, you can't help them out by putting runners on. Then it only takes one hit instead of three to score a run. That was evident in the first inning.

To fall behind 2-0 and then come back and score two runs and then again to fall back by four runs, making it 6-2, and tying it up in the bottom of that innings against the guy the caliber of Carpenter is a good feeling. We had a lot of timely hits. Overbay and Billy Hall had big nights. Even Cappy had two big hits to help his cause.

We're looking for a little more offense at the top of the lineup now. We're trying to find a way to score some runs on a consistent basis.

Even though we've been struggling, I think we have a decent lineup. I think we will score some runs. Maybe today is a start for us.

I'm glad we were able to score some runs so he could benefit from his great pitching.

I'm not going to concede too many runs in this series, ... It depends on who the hitter is, what stage of the game we're at. I've seen a lot of games lost where you're in the first or second inning and you say, 'Eh, let them have that run. We're going to score a bunch.' And you end up losing, 1-0.

Any time you get the tying run to the plate (late) in a ball game you've done a pretty good job. But the score really doesn't reflect that.

I told him I didn't want to take him out of the game. I wanted to give him an opportunity to get through the inning so we could score some runs for him and get him his 18th win. I told him to get after him and be aggressive.

We just let too many opportunities get early. We got his pitch count way up and had opportunities to score and couldn't put the ball in play. That always finds a way to come back and haunt you.