“We finally broke out our hitting shoes. The middle-of-the-lineup guys hit well.”
Brian Gouin
“We definitely need those guys to hit, that's the middle of the lineup. We need our middle guys to start banging the runs around.”
Ron Gardenhire
“We couldn't get the big hit when we had to. I can't tell you why. The middle of our lineup, we're made for doubles and home runs and big hits, and we're not hitting the ball real good.”
Charlie Manuel
“He pitched very well. He was hitting his spots and the hits he did give up were not hit solid. As a team we weren't able to manufacture any runs, and it is hard to win baseball games regardless how you pitch, if you don't manufacture any offense.”
Lindsay McCargar
“We hit the mid-line a lot with Jared Kimmel up the middle and then we started hitting the rocket on the outside. We took advantage; the defensive ends were playing a little tight. We tried to get outside on them. We ran our rocket play - our quick sweep - and that really got us back into the game.”
Mike Curtis
“I need to find a player who can hit in the middle of the lineup.”
Ned Colletti
“We hit the ball very well. The bottom of the lineup came through. We finally just started hitting line drives.”
Randy Osnes
