He adds a defensive presence in the outfield that gives confidence to our pitchers. And he adds speed to our offense where maybe he can steal a base instead of us giving up an out to move a runner over.

He's so strong. It's evident by the last home run. He got jammed on it.

I just want to take a little bit of pressure off Ryan. We need to get him squared away.

I'm encouraged that we fought back and had a chance to win the game. (But) there were two simple plays that we didn't make earlier that hurt us.

It was huge for us. After blowing a game on Friday and then getting boat-raced on Saturday, these guys showed some character. They hung in there and they bounced back.

It was a close game and he needed to do his job like he did today to give us a chance to win. He did a great job going seven-plus inning and leaving with the lead. That is a quality start.

I've got to tip my hat to Lacy because he definitely pitched well today. He is a guy they look to to give them a lot of quality innings, and he was really competitive today.

Steve will get the start (today) and then we'll just see from there.

It's nice to see him do that because he's struggled offensively.

It's really hard to tell. We just have to keep working on things, stressing things and using game experiences as learning experiences. I think we have made strides in the right direction but we have to keep making strides.