Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.
My main concern is when it's 2-0, I've got to keep it at 2-0. It gives us a little more of a chance. To give up four more runs, that isn't going to get it done. I don't care who you're facing or who you're playing, it's not going to get it done.
I'm just trying to score as many runs as I can each time. The more I can make over a hundred, the better.
Every innings is important.
At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.
You really want to try to continue to pile up outs as often as you possibly can. Whether they get a hit or not really doesn't affect the way you continue to approach that lineup, especially with a five-run lead.
But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.
I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
