Alex Bregman Astros Postgame 1 Fun Was It Today Watching Him Go out There and Do Houston-7, Cleveland-2 What He Did? ALEX BREGMAN: Oh, It Was a Blast
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AL Division Series: Indians vs Astros Friday, October 5, 2018 Alex Bregman Astros postgame 1 fun was it today watching him go out there and do Houston-7, Cleveland-2 what he did? ALEX BREGMAN: Oh, it was a blast. That's Q. Alex, A.J. just said that you describe pressure dominance. He has done that since he's been in this as a privilege, which is a pretty cool quote. Where uniform. He turns that dial up when it's the do you get that mindset, and how much do you postseason. I mean, everyone in our clubhouse knows really thrive on these moments right here? that, when he takes the mound, we have a very good ALEX BREGMAN: This is what it's all about. This type chance to win, and we just need to do our part. of baseball is a blast. Everybody in that clubhouse is living and dying on every pitch. It's fun to play these Q. How big of a boost is it for you guys? You talk types of games. All the fans here were unbelievable about the offense, but when you see a Maldonado, today. They were in every pitch, loud. Just you've got you know what you're getting defensively, but he to love to have the bat in your hands in these goes yard, and then you get the two knocks from situations. You have to. Reddick right away. Just kind of that extra kick at the end of the lineup. That's why I love playing for this team is because every ALEX BREGMAN: Yeah, Reddick took some really, guy in that clubhouse wants to be up with the game on really good swings today. It's a deep lineup. Maldy, big the line. homer for us to add an insurance run right there. It's a deep lineup. Like I said earlier, when we put together Q. Alex, yesterday you spoke so well about the quality at-bats 1 through 9, it's tough for a pitcher. desire to win for this team another World Series. Is There's no letup. Like you said, Maldonado is the best this what we saw today, getting off to these quick defender, and when you get production offensively from starts? Is that what you meant? him, it's unbelievable. ALEX BREGMAN: Yeah, you kind of have to. Winning Game 1 is huge, but the Indians are a tough team, and they're not going to back down at all. We've got to bring this type of energy and this type of competitiveness into every single at-bat this series. Earlier in the year, they said our offense really wasn't clicking, and they're right, it wasn't. We weren't really putting the level of quality at-bats that we normally do. Today, 1 through 9 it was quality at-bat. When we do that, we're really tough. Q. Kluber obviously is extraordinarily tough. What specifically about the approach today as a team worked for you guys? ALEX BREGMAN: Well, he is very tough. He's got three-plus pitches. He has had a dominant career. He lives on the edges of the plate. When he does that, you really just have to go into battle mode, and we did that. Then we're able to hit some pitches over the middle of the plate, hit some of the mistakes, which with guys like him and Carrasco and their team, you don't get a lot of mistakes. They're tough. Q. Alex, yesterday you talked about how much fun it is to play behind Justin Verlander. So how much Rev #1 by #181 at 2018-10-05 22:28:00 GMT page 1 of 1.