My gosh, another [home run] off a left-hander. And we needed it.

They’re still very much the favorite, but Cleveland is making it interesting.

Rock is a super individual.

We’ve been talking about this for way too long,

What was there to like about this game? It was 10-4 and probably could have been worse,

I don’t want a setback,

We’re struggling, no doubt about it. There’s nothing we can sprinkle on these guys, though. There’s no magic. Just keep working.

In all honesty, they should be,

It’s time for the troops to dig a little deeper here. We get to find out what we’re made of. We’ve hit pretty much a low point in the season for me, and there’s no...

I think Sean has shown he’s a major league pitcher, … The thing about Sean, over the winter, the decision has to be made about if he’s a starter or long reliever.

We’re just not hitting right now. It isn’t that we aren’t trying.

He’s going to play in the Major Leagues. It’s just a matter of how productive [he is]. He grows on you.

I thought that we made that play at first on Erstad’s at-bat, but the umpire said we missed the bag.

Nate didn’t pitch well, and we didn’t help ourselves defensively. It’s rough.

It actually played well. I give Dave Mellor and his staff a lot of credit for getting it in good shape. Certainly, it’s not perfect, but how could it be?

In my opinion, it’s a sleeping giant.

I would say that he’s probably their ace, … He’s been pitching like their No. 1 [guy].

We haven’t given him a whole lot of run support. He’s doing his job, I’ll tell you. I can’t ask for any more than the way he’s pitched.

He’s a strong young man. Really, he was the only bright spot offensively.

But if we keep pitching like this, we’ll bounce back.

He doesn’t seem to panic. He gets a jump on the ball and then is in the right position to make his leap.

He could make our decision easy — one way or another.

I’d say, right now, he’s their ace. They have a few aces as far as I’m concerned.

One guy we’ll call up for sure is Marcus Thames .

Those guys are celebrating and they deserve it.

How important is he to the club? My gosh, he’s at the top of the list.

The guy has definitely done everything in his power. I just wish we could’ve gotten him that win. Nevertheless, he’s done a very nice job for us. That’s the point I hope gets across. This...

We did get a few hits, but then he was able to get that sinker going and then we’d hit into a double play. Give him credit.

It’s been too long,

It’s not easy right now,

He’s a little banged up.

We need to stop this thing,

We don’t need someone not to say something. We need input.

He’s pitched better than that, there’s no doubt about it. I think that’s really it. Seven innings against the White Sox, I’ll take that every time. He’s given us all he’s got. He deserves more.

[Kotsay] doesn’t have that great foot speed, but he’s quick. He’s just quick to the ball instinctively. That’s like Granderson. And Granderson is faster than Kotsay in foot speed. I’m just giving an example of...

Applying it is the difficult part,

We want to win as many games as we can, … but not at the expense of losing somebody like that for possibly longer.

The first thing that comes to mind is athleticism and type of players they have,

That’s just the way things are going for us. We could have gotten a run out of it, but we wouldn’t have gotten out of the double play. He tried to curl out of the...

He was more aggressive. That’s really been the whole thing with [pitching coach Bob Cluck] going over film with him, being too fine. He has a sinker, so he needs to use more of the...

his ability to get along with everybody — making you feel welcome.

Going back to July, we had a pretty good month, … Shelton was hitting third and Pudge was hitting sixth.

He fell behind, and we swung at a borderline pitch.

There’s a lot of work to be done. They don’t deny it.

He’s a little taller (in his batting stance), a little more aggressive to the ball. He’s not collapsing on his backside. His swing’s more level.

I think it’s pretty obvious that he’s comfortable against him.

I can’t answer exactly how I’m gonna work through this thing. But it’s a nice problem to have.

The runner has to keep his head up in that situation.

To Brandon’s credit, he was running hard. You often see guys going 60 percent on a ball like that, and they don’t score.

He’s a kid who wants to help carry us — which is commendable — and of late it hasn’t happened. It’s like we say about hitters who want to go out there and do too...