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Oct. 10 John Farrell postgame interview
- Updated: October 11, 2016
Q. How disappointed were you with your offense that you weren’t able to get things going like you did in the regular season? JOHN FARRELL: Given how we performed as an offensive team throughout the year, and it’s not to take anything away from their pitching, but I think there was no more than one run we were able to score in any one inning. The inability to string some hits together, generate the bigger inning, that wasn’t there. So that puts us in a spot where we are today.Q. Can you explain the thinking behind the pinch-hitting for Benintendi and Brock earlier? JOHN FARRELL: We were looking to match up as best we can. Chris Young was brought in for that very reason against left-handed pitching. We’re looking to match up to get the best advantage we can.Q. Did you feel that your guys took too many strikes, especially when Tomlin was pitching, he was around the plate a lot? JOHN FARRELL: There was some called strike 3’s, with some fastballs late in the count. I thought he had a pretty good mix going with the fastball, curveball, and his cutter. But I think it goes back to some of the offensive inconsistencies throughout this series. Sometimes in Game 1 we’re overly aggressive; this game we know we’ve got a command and control guy on the mound, who’s come into this game tonight having pitched extremely well. Again, the inability to string some hits together.Q. Understanding that you wanted to use Chris in that inning, why Benintendi as opposed to maybe somebody else later in the inning? JOHN FARRELL: The number of pitches he’s thrown, if we …
