Quotes by Ben Saylor

“Ive been seeing the ball well for a couple of weeks now. I dont know what else to say, he gave me something I could handle and I swung as hard as I could. We came out with a ton of intensity. Thats the challenge coach (Ryan) Roberts gave us to come out and have good solid at-bats. Once we got started it was hard to stop.”

“Its always a lot of fun to come out and play a good game against a team I used to play for. Ive still got a lot of friends on that team; Ive still got some teammates that I played with on that team.”

“It was a huge at-bat, because the game was pretty close. We had guys on first and second, so in my mind I was thinking gap-to-gap, trying to hit a double. The pitcher hung me a curve ball, so I got a little out in front but stayed through and hit it down the line. We got both runs in.”

“I take the same approach every time. Early in the count Im hoping they throw me a mistake and thats what I feel like happened in the first couple of at-bats. Its really important when another team makes a mistake, youve really got to bury them. You have to go right after them and make those mistakes hurt. I think our team did a good job of that.”

“In those first two at-bats, I was just looking for a pitch to drive. I felt like I was in a zone, like the ball was in slow motion.”

“Thats important, when the other team makes mistakes, youve got to bury them.”

“Theres a little bit of a rivalry there.”