David Stearns

It's very difficult for me to explain

how we were 0-70 trailing going into the ninth.

I mean, that's an inexplicable stat.

And I'm not going to hear him make up an answer for it.

I think there were definitely periods where we –

where we would score runs and then maybe have three, four innings where we weren't particularly active offensively.

I think there were times where pitchers got a little bit sharper, times where we probably could have made an in-game adjustment to an approach and didn't.

I think that's going to be part of what we talk about, what we assess, and try to improve there.

No, I think both those players saw, I think, meaningful playing time.

Ronnie a little bit earlier when he came up.

Jonah started a number of games for us.

So I think their time in the big leagues will actually benefit their overall development.

I don't.

I think we have leaders in our clubhouse.

I think we had leadership in our clubhouse.

I did not think that was a problem.

I come at this of like, we need to create a better roster that fits together better.

I think our players worked their tails off.

I think they came to the park with the right attitude every single day.

And it didn't work.