Don Kelly, Pirates, after a 7-2 loss to the White Sox

Don Kelly, Pirates, after a 7-2 loss to the White Sox

What would you attribute McGin’s inconsistency to today? They did. They jumped on the fast ball early. Uh he didn’t wasn’t able to get ahead of some guys there in the first inning and jump they jumped on the fast ball and and drove the ball to the gaps and you know got the home run and I think you know saw them start spinning in a little bit more after that. Got them off balance a little bit. Um you know it just seemed like they were all over the heater. Are you concerned a little bit with the state of the pitching staff right now? I mean, they’ve been so good all year. I think that these three games, um, you know, we’re not ideal by any means. Uh, I don’t, it’s not time to panic on the pitching staff. I don’t believe. I think that you look at the way that they’ve pitched all year long and to have three games that are, you know, back to back to back in different ways. I think it’d be easy to um, but they’ve been so good all year long that, uh, you know, we’ve got Paul on the mountain tomorrow. need to come out strong and have energy behind him and look to take the first game of the series against a good team. And I think that that’s the thing that that we’ve got to do being being able to bounce back and have a ball on the mount tomorrow and looking forward to a great start from them. Tony, you you said that you want your players to earn their bats. You don’t want them taking. What’s the line between that and hey, I’ve got to get this guy going or I’ve got to get that guy going. Yeah, it’s it’s final end. We want to get them all going, you know, and find a way to to get that confidence going like we had that la the last home stand, you know, and um you know, yesterday I thought we swung the bats better. Had a had a bunch of base hits. Today not not as good. U but we just need to find a way to to get that confidence rolling, get them going up there, attacking pitches. Um, you know, I thought that uh, you know, even Cruzy today didn’t have a lot to show for it, but he got his swing off on a bunch of pitches and, uh, you know, Jack had a good swing to left field and I thought he hit that ball really well, but we need to be more consistent, continue to to grind out at bats. What’s been like to try to navigate this coming off six game six game win streak here last time you were home followed by losing, I think it’s 11, 12 now. How have you kind of navigated that? How you dealt with, you know, just the kind of the highs and lows? Yeah, the well the on the road trip we had a lot of one run in the game you know battles this series was not obviously and I think that that’s what looking forward to starting the series tomorrow with like I said Paul on the mound having that sense of urgency that energy coming out and uh it’s tough when you when you fall behind early like we did in the first game and the third game um you know and finding ways to to have that energy the offense drives that energy the the way that we have our at bats continue the run the bases well. Um, you know, and that’s what we’ve got to get back to and continue continue to work on and continue to get better at. Thanks, What are your

Don Kelly speaks with the media after the Pirates were swept at the hands of the White Sox Sunday at PNC Park.

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