(Chemistry) “It’s hard to explain,” Berkman said.
“I think we’ve got guys, everybody on the team, takes a lot of pride in their work. Everybody that goes up there is really having good at-bats. You see a lot of fight. You see a lot of guys that are — even though we’re down four or five runs — are still trying to have a good quality at-bat.”
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(and there’s Darin Erstad) “Just watching him around here, just mixing and mingling, he doesn’t say a whole lot but I see him talking a lot to Michael [Bourn], and Pence is like his shadow,” Cooper said. “Everywhere he goes, Pence is with him. That’s big for the young players. He’s not a vocal guy, but you can see he moves around his teammates and converses with them.”
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More than one way to beat a pitcher
Lincecum left the game after six innings, following a laborious effort that included 105 pitches and 10 strikeouts,
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The official game-time temperature was 95 degrees, the second-hottest game in the nine-year history of AT&T Park.
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The ball will find you
“It was one of those days where it seemed every ball was hit to me,” Loretta said sheepishly. “I misread one ball … then I threw one wide. I’m certainly glad we won. It was a story of redemption there for me.”
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