We made good contact, but they were not falling early on. We were more comfortable as the game went on and started to put some things together.

The grand slam, up 7-1, make the kid hit the ball, and he did. I think that would have been out of most parks.

Despite everything, we still gave ourselves a chance to win at the end, so I was pleased with that. We were asking guys to play positions they're not comfortable in.

You expect that out of your senior pitchers. They know when they have to bear down and get outs. He got outs when he needed to.

You spot them three unearned runs in the first inning and that kind of took the wind out of our sails. Losing Danny right away, he's the spark at the top of our lineup, really hurt too.

Brad did a nice job of getting ahead in the count. Our defense was solid. We didn't commit an error ? it was a good effort.

I told Dan to make the kid hit the ball (on the grand slam), it's 7-1. He did, but I think that would've been out of most parks, not just here.

Nick is not seeing a lot of pitches right now because he is the only guy in our lineup that's hitting consistently. When he sees a good fastball, he's going to jump on it.

We need to find a way to try to get a win here.