“I’m not oblivious to the fact that we had three hits, and I’m not oblivious to the fact that we went into the ninth the other day without one,” manager Mike Shildt said. “I’m not going to excuse that. I’m also not going to overreact to that knowing where we are and the quality ability that we have. That would be foolish. …. As far as my concern moving forward for it to get into shape — it’s not where we’d like it to be. But it’s not so far off that I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh.’”
One spring, Kolten Wong tried to get in two-strike counts to work on his approach, and his spring batting average reflected that and was misleading.