Seems like (when) Ian (Viola) gets out of that first inning - he's been pitching real well.

The second inning was better than his first. He had some nice pop, but when you can't get your second and third pitch over (the plate), teams are just going to sit dead red on the fastball and drive it.

The pitching is upholding its end. Our offense is just a click off. When it gets there, we'll have a pretty good lineup.

When he gets a tech, he always seems to be a little more in tune with what's going on. We ran his plays a little more after that, trying to keep him going.

The pitching was solid. Jake did a good job of getting out of that inning. If we're going to do anything state-wise, we've got to have Jake throwing well.

Vern is the pitching coach.