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Oct. 16 Dave Roberts postgame interview
- Updated: October 17, 2016
Q. Before that Baez at-bat when you went out to talk to Clayton, you obviously know Clayton’s not going to tell you he wants to leave, but what are you looking to hear when you talk to him and what was your reaction to the line drive?
DAVE ROBERTS: Well, I think that for me I had every intent to go out there and get him and go to Kenley. But as I went out there, looked him in the eye and just obviously the confidence that Clayton has to get a hitter, and I just — I went with my gut and just kind of — he said we can get this guy, I can get this guy. And at that point in time that’s all I needed to hear. So it was just about him executing. And obviously Baez got into it. So we all held our breath a little bit. But to see Clayton, with what he’s done, obviously, this season but, you know, you you’re looking at the recency of his last four outings and the time span and what he’s given us in October is really something special. Again, he left it all out there. That’s what he does. And to go to Kenley for six outs, it was just — I think that you couldn’t have scripted it any better. And it was just another fun ball game.Q. You go to the six out save approach again?
DAVE ROBERTS: I just think that for us to have our ace on the mound, to have a lead, and I know that Kenley’s on board for multiple, and where they were at in the order, I know it was the bottom half, 7, 8 and 9, but I felt that Kenley was ready, mentally, physically, and I just felt that it was obviously not a must-win game but it was a game we really wanted to have, especially when Clayton …
