They are good hitters and it's hard to compete when there is a minimal strike zone.

(Our hitters) did a good job of being selective and when they got a strike they did a good job of putting the ball in play. Didn't hit a lot of balls real, real hard but we were getting them in play.

It was a tight (strike) zone tonight, so you could look for your pitch, ... Good for hitters, bad for pitchers.

When he's really good he pounds the strike zone and stays out of the middle of the plate.

I think when he is really good he pounds the strike zone and stays out of the middle of the plate. He always throws strikes, but the balls were catching a lot of the plate.

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.