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

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.

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,