Michael Barkann

Thomson- lizard- really executed today. pounded the strike zone. lotta weak contact, love the striekouts. established inside part of plate? I think so and to righties wasn't leaking back over middle of plate.

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Walker- feels better when we're at least getting hits. if you're facing good pitching tough to get ball in air. lot of times you can win games with singles. big swings will come for us. for now put good swings on us and the power will come.

JT- obviously you'd rather have more slug than not- just one of those slumps right now where we're not doing much damage at the plate- will try to do more of that.

Walker- pretty big adjustment to be honest. used to play catch once per day instead of doing it multiple times. biggest challenge is playing catch and getting hot again. I'm accepting the challenge.

Walker- getting more used to it. still trying to get used to it- whole routine. obviously the hr sucks but otherwise better.

Abel- feel like it's every 5th 6th day- just trying to pitch.

Abel- all comes down to execution. tonight missed a couple pitches and they got me good.

Abel- Flat fastball

Thomson- Kyle? Mixing pretty good on him- his timing's off.

Thomson- how short were you in the pen? Kerkering not available. Strahm and Romano would have definitely been down tomorrow so I stayed away from them in a down game.

Thomson- Abel? liked the composure and poise. everyt time he gave a home run he struck the next guy out.

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Marsh- It's baseball- it'll turn around

Wheeler- Feels good- nice accomplishment. pretty cool and when I did get the fans gave me standing ovation. doing at home adds little more to it

Thomson- didn't want wheeler throwing 103 pitches but the situation called for it. he was fantastic. testament to how good he is- really hasn't been here that long and has 1000 strikeouts.

Thomson- everybody's had their first game series int he big leagues so they're excited for him