That's disturbing, to say the least - our inability to affect two-deep zone coverage in the run game. We've never had that problem before. Certainly that was a problem in the game (Sunday), and will continue to be a problem until we effectively attack two-deep coverage in the run game.

Mike Sherman

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Well, certainly it's limiting. How limiting? They've all run the run plays that we are calling. We've had to limit it going into this thing anyway in case this in fact did happen, so we prepared that way. But it does limit you some. I'd be misleading you to say it didn't.

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We have to do a better job of closing out a game. Our inability to hit free throws in the late stages almost allowed them (Averill Park) to slip back in.

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Hernandez left two pitches up in the zone, and that turned out to be the difference in the game.

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The defensive front as a whole did a nice job. Going into the ball game I was so concerned about the fact [the Lions] were just going to pound the ball on us against our front.

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He didn't really pitch deep into the game against the Yankees. He's done it before this year, and he came out in flying colors so we're confident he's going to get to a point in his game where we have some of the arms in the bullpen we're going to get to.

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