"I'm comfortable," Polanco said. "I'm trying to stay more short with my swing, trying to make it shorter."
Jaff Decker led off the inning with an eight-pitch walk. Up came Polanco, who fell behind, 0-2, and fouled off another pitch. He took three straight balls, fouled off five straight fastballs and ripped a curveball into the outfield seats.
"When I got two strikes, I'm trying to hit the ball more to the left, trying to let the ball get more to the zone and try to protect the zone," Polanco said. "He made a mistake.