We sat down and had a little talk with our bullpen and got everybody in roles. That's been a big help the last three games. Guys didn't know when they were going to pitch. Now everybody in our bullpen knows exactly when I'm going to use them.
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He will throw a quality strike and then throw a couple that are not. He's got to get it to where he has control of every pitch he throws.
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The last couple of games, we've had a lot more consistent at-bats and a lot more consistent approaches.
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That was huge. We spent a lot of time in spring training working on two-strike counts. We practiced that, as far as putting the ball in play and cutting down your swing a little bit, and it paid off.
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