"Things are never as bad as they seem, or as good as they seem, either," Mattingly said after his maligned relief corps held things together for a nervous 7-4 win over the Reds on Wednesday night. "Don't get over the top with a couple bad games, not too giddy when things are good. The guys have the stuff. We have some youth, but also some guys capable of getting hot, and that's what we need."
Mattingly used four relievers in the eighth inning to put down a Reds uprising, going to the well again with Luis Avilan facing Jay Bruce and runners in scoring position.