Now, we can have some swagger in these late-inning games because we have done it before. We have a reference point.
Obviously, it makes it a lot more interesting. You've got the best player, possibly, who's ever played this game back to a team that's been playing well.
Regardless of what our record is, the goal is to make the playoffs. If you win 100 games and you don't get to the postseason, what good is it? I guarantee you every single team that wins more games than us this year would like to be in our position.
This was a very big game for us. We don't want to scoreboard watch too much, but we knew the Giants had won (in Washington). Jake is our staff ace, and he is our stopper. When he takes the mound, we expect to win baseball games.
He knows the game inside out. If you talk to guys in their clubhouse, they all respect him as a man and as a manager.
I'm going to try to get to the game tonight,
When you win a game in dramatic fashion, it kind of re-energizes you,
You've got the best player, possibly, who's ever played this game back to a team that's been playing well. It's one of those things where you try not to get too down on yourself as an organization because we could have put them away.
He was all-square stood on the 18th, then finished with a par to win his game and halve the match overall.
I wanted to bring energy out of the gate. After a game like yesterday, you don't want it to snowball. I think that was big for Jake.
For them, this was a huge win. We just have to focus on the next game and take one game at a time.