It's nice when your pitcher can take you deep. We're trying to get him not to go for the fences, to hit the line drives.
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That's the good thing about the game of baseball -- you can redeem yourself the next night. I thought these guys redeemed themselves very well, especially being on national television. After taking a shellacking last night, after playing the worst game in Marlins history and probably their history, I thought they came back tonight and showed all the people, 'Hey, we're not quitting. We're not giving up.' We may get beat, but we're not giving up.
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I want to get Conine in the lineup, and I'd like to get Hermida some playing time. We have to figure out a way to get some offense. I talked to Mike about it.
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When you give up too many bases on balls, it's going to hurt you, and he didn't have his best stuff tonight.
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Dontrelle came through again. I don't get tired of saying it. He keeps them in line and we always score a lot for him. Last time, we got him two and he couldn't hold it.
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It's a good omen that he can pick up a win when he doesn't have his really good stuff. He'll get his 20. You can put money on that.
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