23 Quotes by Randy Ready

We aren't going to hit home runs day in and day out. It is going to be the little things that are going to make or break this season for us, moving runners over, getting runners in from (third base) with less than two outs. Those are the things we need to do.

We have been fortunate so far this season in the weather; typically we have to go through more games like this early. But I think we did a nice job of keeping the pressure on their pitching staff all night.

We talked about coming ready to pitch and play, and I think that was the difference. Josh came out and took charge of the game. We came out aggressive swinging the bats, put some runs up early and that gave us some breathing room.

We just took a series against a pretty good ball club. We talk about winning series, two out of three, three out of four. It was nice to get a series win on opening weekend.

We showed some guts all night. We kept them hanging around. We probably could have pitched a little better, but the guys played the full game, that's for sure.

You gotta be able to pitch inside to have effectiveness. Especially we've got some big guys that, (Tuesday) night, we swung the bats pretty well against them. They probably adjusted and said, 'We're going to pitch inside.' Everybody's got to do it.

It seems like he's getting a real good look at the baseball. We talk about that day in, day out. And if you talk to anybody that's run in to a pretty good streak going, they're saying that. He's squaring up a lot of baseballs right now.

It's not so much quantity as it is quality. In our daily preparation, it's routine stuff. We emphasize fundamentals: We catch the ball and try to throw it straight. You try to find some type of comfort zone where if my practice habits are good, they carry over into the game.

It's important the games are being played and the fans have an opportunity to come to the ballpark.