Following the Put‘7-6 victory on athletics on Friday eveningdirector Carlos Mendoza And some of the players talked about the reflux and the flows of victory …
Jose Siri Sparks Rally
The dishes entered the sixth round only 3-1. Despite several opportunities to score, the dishes could simply not capitalize before the sixth. With an outing, Siri came on the plate. He was sure of this point and had had a hard time so far this season, but he has rewarded Mendoza’s confidence to start him with a big nine years that led to a walk.
Mendoza called him the stick of the night by fixing the table for what was going to happen afterwards. Francisco Lindor has reached an error, Juan Soto walked to install Pete Alonso. The slugger did not get much on the 3-1 cutter above the plate, but he hit it in the shallow right field for Lawrence Butler. Despite this, Siri went and headed for the house to push the advance of the food at 4-1.
"This is something that we have been talking about with him from the first day in training in the spring," Mendoza said Siri. "Make sure to control the typing area. Once you have reached two strikes, stay in control in the striking area, put the ball in play. Working this walk and launching the rally was quite impressive. At a time when things are not going on, but when the bottom of the programming rises on the basis, what is behind is a dangerous offense."
"I felt comfortable in this At-Bat," Siri said through an interpreter. "I was also comfortable with the path (Mitch Spence) launched the cursor that I was able to get a good reading. I felt like I had a good at-bat earlier in the game, but in this situation like that, I was really able to focus on my approach and I was able to get the results I wanted there."
Mendoza called Siri’s decision to go home "great" And underlined how Butler was not in a position to throw a runner. Siri echoes the criticism of his manager.
"I saw that the right defender was a bit flat there," Siri explained. "When I saw him like that, he needed to put himself in the right position to throw., He was just not in the right position and I knew I could mark it.
"When a runner like me is on the basis, I think they must be more prepared for the situation that I will really go home," He added.
Alonso called Siri’s race and slide "tablecloth" And that it was a huge race for the team at the time. He also pointed out how although Starling hammerThe double of two points later in the Channel made an exclamation point on this gathering, it was Siri who started it. And the team felt the momentum.
"From the ball that I made it change a momentum," Said Siri. "There was only one and I was able to climb on the basis. Then Lindor appears, Soto appears and they were able to take more comfortable bats because they had to focus on the launch of strikes in this situation. I felt that the momentum pass by our side there."
Jose Siri arrives to score on the fly of the shallow bag of Pete Alonso! pic.twitter.com/zzfhrpcnqr
– Sny (@snytv) April 12, 2025
Edwin Diaz does work
It was another adventure for Diaz on Friday evening. After his clunker in the final of the series against the Marlins, Diaz was responsible for finishing the backup against athletics.
With a three -point lead, Diaz walked from hitters and gave tall strokes, which resulted in two points. But when he needed it, Diaz released the final and won the first road trip victory.
"He did the job. This is the essential," Mendoza said Diaz. "A night when he had trouble feeling the striking area. It was missing, especially against left -handed strikers. I thought that the experience, he was able to calm down, continue to throw up and released the third and we got the W."
Diaz is a perfect 3-in-3 in safeguard opportunities this season, but in six appearances in total, he granted five points deserved in 5.2 innings.
Pete Alonso plays marble freely
Although Siri Walk and Marte double are large, it was the performance of Alonso who put the food above. He not only obtained three strokes, but he hit his fourth home run of the season and driven in three points.
When asked if there was a difference in his mechanics which made him take such a good start, the hitter said it clearly.
"I just feel like I put to throw in the stick for At-Bat," ALONSO explained. "I just want to make quality swing decisions and put the ball at stake when the launchers arrive over the plate."
When asked to develop on "feel like me"Alonso said it meant that he could "Play freely and feel in control."
In addition to its four circuits, Alonso led in 18 points while reaching 0.378 during the first 13 games of the season. Friday, he had long bats in attraction, showing how much he saw marble land. Alonso said he prefers not to let his batters go for so long.
"I prefer to hit him hard when I have the opportunity," He said. "I just want to make good swings on good locations each time they come over the plate. When this is not the case, simply take and let it be a ball."
