Rich Aurilia Quotes

He`s kind of sneaky. He throws across his body a little bit. The first time you face him, you`ve got to feel him out a little bit.

We got some walks and some hits with runners in scoring position, ... Those are the little things you have to do. You`re not always going to get the three-run homer.

You really have nothing to lose in that situation. I choked up a little bit, especially with two strikes. I wasn`t looking for an offspeed pitch, but I knew he had it. He ended up throwing me another fastball that I stayed on and hit it where I was supposed to hit it instead of trying to pull it.

At that point, we had left 10 guys on base. We had had a couple opportunities, but we didn`t capitalize on them. Getting off the hook like that was good.

The one thing I wish would have happened was we would have scored one more run for Milton. I wish he could have gotten a win out of that instead of a no-decision.

I`m proud of the way I`ve handled myself after a slow start, coming back the way I have and learning new positions (second base, third base).

Look it up. I don`t think I`ve ever hit cleanup.

You know how it was for me earlier in the season (when starts were scarce). I don`t care where I hit, as long as I`m in there.

He`s kind of sneaky. He throws across his body and he short-arms his pitches. You`ve got to feel him out. It took us a few times to get something going off of him.

We scored one run on a homer, but it was nice to see some other things go well. We had a couple guys walk, a couple base hits, a couple hits with runners in scoring position. Those are the little things you have to do to win. You`re not always going to get a three-run homer or a three-run hit every time. You have to do the small things, and that`s what we did today.