He had 13 ground-ball outs. That's a lot of ground-ball outs for a nine-inning game, let alone a five-inning stint in spring training. That gives you a pretty good idea of how well he pitched.
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The one thing I noticed about this team while watching from the other dugout is that it swung and missed too much. The approach had to change collectively, in my opinion, as far as each and every guy approaches his at bats. You need a group of players that understand that in a given situation it's pretty important for them to try and put the ball in play, and not swing and miss.Jim Tracy
Aggression is no reason to be foolish. The double play is one thing. Running into stupid outs That's even worse, in my opinion.
Jim Tracy
Cory Sullivan had quite a day for himself today. Not only did he do the big thing with the leadoff double offensively in the 10th inning, but he made two outstanding defensive plays in center field and covered an awful lot of ground.
Jim Tracy
I could sit here and talk about those things until I'm blue in the face, but those are things if you're going to become a good club you have to pick up on and capitalize. Thus far, we've not been able to do that.
Jim Tracy
You have to give Marquis credit. That was our quietest game this season.
Jim Tracy
We did everything we could do to try to win the game, but you have to give credit where credit's due They played very well all weekend long.
Jim Tracy
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