The game is such once you stop (running), you can’t start again. You can’t fault him for being aggressive.

All in all, I’m proud of the way the guys played. The guys played hard all the time, and I think they appreciated the opportunity that they had.

I was reading the throw. He would have been out.

We’re not playing well and it’s a frustrating situation to be in. The timely hitting hasn’t been there.

I told (Val) to come up here with a first base glove because what I’d like to do is get him playing once a week at first base and also some right and left field....

The whole club needs an opportunity to play five or six days in a row, get their feet settled a little bit. We’re trying to catch up, and you can’t catch up after the amount...

He did well. The game could have got out of hand. When he struck out Bannon and Jorgensen, that proved to be the difference in the game.

I sure wish we could have got the win for (starter Dave) Borkowski (yesterday), just like I wish we could have got the win for (Tony) Fiore (Saturday). Both those guys have been very reliable...

It been awhile since the last time John has pitched, so I would expect John to pitch a whole lot better his next time out.

Overall, getting out of the gate with good starting pitching like we’ve gotten … we’ve seen some really good performances out of some people.

I thought he had a nice, loose arm. He pitched down in the strike zone with his fastball. Like I’ve said, he’s something to work with.

It’s not pleasant for anybody to play in this weather, but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. We’re going to play and we’re not going to make excuses and before all’s said...

We just didn’t make very good pitches in key situations. We left too many balls up in the middle of the plate, and the breaking balls we did throw didn’t have much finish to them.

The guys behind Kurt made some very good plays. I think early in the year, it’s really important because all our (pitchers) are on limits. If you give them more than three outs, guys are...

This is certainly not the kind of start we wanted or expected. But we’ll deal with it and we’ll become better because of it.

I really didn’t expect a whole lot of offense at 9:30 in the morning from either side.