It took us a little while, but we swung the bats well tonight.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

I could care less if people talk about us or not. We know what we can do here. It's an exciting time for us.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural.

[Clayton Kershaw ] is intense. He's a competitor.He's extremely fun to play behind.