Mark Haley
Mark Haley
five good jackson kept needed ready
I wanted five good innings. Kellen Raab was going to be ready if we needed him. But Jackson just kept going and going.
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Jackson has overcome a lot of adversity, and had struggled with his ERA this season. To win this championship we needed someone to step up like he did. He should be the most valuable player of this series.
coming kept size took
They kept coming at us. But our size took them over.
bunt call
After two strikes, it was his call to bunt or not. Bonafacio has been a big part of our offense.
bullpen game guys job matters preaching preserve stepped
I keep preaching to the guys it's how you end the game that matters the most. Our bullpen really stepped up and did their job to preserve this one for us.
aggressive anyone base fault saw
Bonifacio saw the base wasn't covered, but you can't be that aggressive in the first inning. But I'll never fault anyone for being aggressive.
cleveland
This is part of development, too. It's that way in Cleveland and New York. If you're going to play in the big leagues, you'd better get used to it.
bunt certainly chance couple definitely feeling good manual missing nice pick runs score sixth struggles together wins
After missing out on a chance to score more runs in the sixth and then not getting that bunt down, it was certainly nice to see Manual pick us up after that. It's also definitely a good feeling to put together a couple of wins after going through some struggles like we did.
advantage behind lost running
Running behind all those big guys, he can get lost in there. That's an advantage for him.
good needed pitches
Raab made some good pitches when he needed to.
alive attitude battling stay
They did what they had to do to stay alive in this series, but you know the attitude of our kids. They'll be out there battling (tonight).
baseball
I told him no way. I'm a baseball guy.
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If you had told me that Alberto Gonzalez would make two errors in the first inning, I'd have bet my mortgage against it.
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This was a nice one for us to get today. I'm really happy for Manuel. He battled and battled to get the count to 2-0. He then got a fast ball and was able to take it the other way, which is exactly what you're supposed to do in that situation.