Fortunately for me I've had some older guys where we do the same thing. We did that for two years with Ervin Johnson. He didn't play the first 45 games but he started in the last 25 and started in the playoffs. Sam Mitchell was the same way. You have to understand the guys that have a lot of wear on their tires and know how much tread you have left. You want to try to utilize it in a very productive manner.
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I was really pleased with the play we got off the bench. When we've got two guys in Ervin and Gabor that didn't play particularly well, it's nice to have two guys (Dunlap and Whitfield) help us out. It keeps us well-balanced.
Ervin was a little bit shy on command, but when he needed to make pitches he did.
It started with the leadoff walk to Cora and the walk to Damon. Those two are things you can't do against the Red Sox. You've got to get in the zone. You've got to make pitches. Ervin was a little bit off.
(Colon's injury) was obviously something we were not expecting, and Ervin is the guy that needed to step in. And he did.
I felt they wouldn't have answers for us inside. Once (McGivney and Ervin) got in foul trouble we had to slow it down a bit.