That's hard to say. It's not like he's striking out or chasing balls out of the strike zone ...[but] he hasn't been barreling up any balls.

It's nice to have the bats come around. We had a bunch of hits, balls hit hard. Maybe we can get some confidence and get going again.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking

The balls they hit were elevated in the (strike) zone. It was a mater of making the adjustments to keep the ball down and get some ground balls.

I'm not riding the roller coaster.

I'm not answering any questions about Pittsburgh. I have a job here in Oakland.