Author: staff

“I love to see wins like this: close games. It’s playoff baseball, in a sense. You’re going to see their best out of the pen. You’re going to see that starter go deep into the game, and how you react is what will play in October. If you continue to grind, continue to go out there and be productive and have a no-give-in attitude, wash this game and go on to the next, it shows the character of the clubhouse.”

“I just did so much better job moving in and out, changing speeds and staying out of the way,” Hendricks said. “I made a lot more good pitches today, felt so much more like myself. Out front, really getting my fastball down with sink, especially my glove side. So once I have that, then I can move the ball around like I like normally do and you get some calls like that.”