Kevin told me while we were walking off the mound, ... He said, 'Ground ball coming to you right here.' He called it, and I got it.

Right there I was just trying to protect. I think he caught a little bit more plate with that pitch than he wanted to.

I was always brought up to be patient at the plate. That's the approach I've always taken to hitting. That may be why he said that -- I take a lot of pitches. I might strike out 100 or however many times a year, but my walks to strikeouts about evens out.

I don't have any intentions of moving to third, outfield, wherever it may be. I plan on being in that six hole.

I know I can play this position. It's not going to come overnight. It's going to take a lot of work. I just have to go out and do it. There's nothing else to say but for me to just do it.

[Bajenaru] threw me a couple of good pitches to hit,