Getting back to .500 seems a lot more doable after a couple decent streaks of play. The thing I noticed, and they did touch on it during the broadcast, is how much better the players' approaches at the plate has been. They still strikeout way too much, and don't walk nearly enough, but there are getting deep into counts now - which I think is huge. The more pitches you see, the greater likelyhood you get a mistake to hit. The EE grandslam inning was a great example - three walks followed by a GS. ALL WITH TWO OUT. That's the type of battling these guys need to start to climb up the standings - good stuff, looking forward to taking 3/4 from Bucky.
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