Quotes by Michael Cuddyer

“He hit a bullet and I was able to make the play on a short hop. A few inches over and it would have been past me.”

“I was able to sit back on it, had a good swing and drove it over the fence.”

“It was huge. By the way we celebrated on the field, it was about like we won the World Series.”

“We won one last week like this, so well try to do it again.”

“I think thats in every players mind. They call it the salary drive -- September.”

“I think thats in every players mind, ... They call it the salary drive ? September.”

“You want to finish strong for a whole bunch of different reasons, as a team and individually. You never know what people are thinking or what their plans are for next year.”

“Its frustrating. Its tough. Its not easy to deal with. Certain guys deal with it in certain ways. That was probably his way of dealing with it.”

“He threw every pitch that he wanted for strikes. He threw it where he wanted, any count he wanted. As you could tell by some of their swings, he was on today.”

“The only thing we can do is go out and play hard now that were out of the playoffs. (The four hits) is definitely exciting any time you can do something like that.”