"He was excited to play," Molitor said. "I'm just trying to get everybody in so they feel like they're part of the mix. He's been a good warrior. It's been tough on him because he was a regular, but now he's more of a utility guy. The first hit was huge on the 0-2 breaking ball and then on the home run he saw a fastball and timed it well."
As Molitor noted, Escobar's one-out RBI single in the second off right-hander Ian Kennedy came on a 0-2 curveball, and was an unlikely outcome, as Escobar entered as a career .