MARCUS, YOU SCATTERED NINE HITS THROUGH SEVEN INNINGS BUT IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE BIG PITCHES WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. >> I THINK WELLSY WAS GREAT, WE HAD A GOOD MIX OF PITCHES, KEEPING THEM OFF BALANCE, I USED ALL MY WEAPONS TODAY BUT WELLSY HAD A GREAT GAME PLAN AND WHATEVER HE WAS THROWING DOWN I WAS TRYING TO EXECUTE. >> Meredith: IT LOOKED LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT THEIR INNING EARLIER BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, FOURTH THROUGH SEVENTH YOU WERE INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT, WHAT CHANGED? >> NOT MUCH, JUST FELT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH MY MECHANICS, I WAS ABLE TO EXECUTE MY PITCHES, FELT LIKE MY SINKER WAS PRETTY GOOD, WHEN MY SINKER IS GOOD I PITCH OFF OF THAT. SO THAT'S MY BREAD AND BUTTER WHEN I KEEP THAT DOWN IN THE ZONE, I'M USUALLY COMMITTING HARD DAMAGE. >> Meredith: YOU MENTIONED MECHANICS, HOW YOU TWEAKED THINGS THE LAST COUPLE STARTS. HOW MUCH MORE SOUND, FLUID DO YOU FEEL? >> YEAH, I FEEL GREAT, JUST LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THIS INTO MY NEXT START, AND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, MONTH OF THE SEASON WHERE IT GETS DOWN TO THE NITTY-GRITTY, YEAH, I FEEL GREAT. >> THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE STARTS WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE DOING BETTER? >> I'M NOT SURE FOMENT ME, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PROCESS ORIENTED, A LOT OF THINGS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, BEHIND THE SCENES, MECHANICALLY, I FOUR-SEAM VERY SOUND AND FLUID AND IN SYNC. >> THE CATCHER TONIGHT, WHAT ABOUT HIS OVERALL NIGHT? >> YEAH, INCREDIBLE. WELLSY, I FEEL LIKE HE'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES, INCREDIBLE BACKSTOP, AMAZINGLY CONFIDENT BEHIND THE PLATE AND HE'S BEEN SWINGING IT. HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB BEHIND THOSE GUYS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T PITCH AROUND HIM TOO, SO WHEN THEY COME IN THE ZONE HE'S PUG GOOD SWINGS ON THE BALL. >> THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND WELLS ALL THE TIME. >> YEAH, IT'S A COMFORT THING. AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES YOU GET MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE, WITH MORE REPS, SO YOU ONLY DEVELOP A BETTER RELATIONSHIP AND RAPPORT AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES. HE'S VERY IN TUNE WITH ALL THE PITCHES EACH AND EVERY START, HE'S DOING A LOT. WORK, A LOFT BEHIND THE SCENES, LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND WHEN HE GOES TO STARTS HE'S VERY PREPARED SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN WHATEVER HE'S CALLING. >> Meredith: HOW MUCH MORE KRSTIC'S DO YOU THINK HE HAS NOW THAN DURING SPRING TRAINING, HOW MUCH GROWTH HAVE YOU SEEN? >> YEAH, I THINK CONFIDENCE, THE MORE YOU FEEL SETTLED, YOU JUST START TO BECOME MORE OF YOURSELF. LIKE I SAID, HE'S AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE BELLATTI OF IT. >> CAN YOU SEE, SEES GAME-PLAN ORIENTED AND PROCESS ORIENTED, CAN YOU SEE HIM BEING COMFORTABLE MORE IN BOTH, NOWED CATCHER PART AND THE HITTER PART? >> YEAH, HE'S A CATCHER FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES. AS A ROOKIEMENT SO THERE'S A LOT THAT COMES WITH THAT, IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S NOT EASY AT ALL INGRAM'S HE DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB. LIKE I SAID, WE ALL LOVE NIX THIS CLUBHOUSE AND HE'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER. >> Meredith: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE DEFENSIVE PLAY SOTO MADE IN THE FIFTH INNING, THE RUNNER AT SECOND? >> YEAH THAT WAS HUGE, HUMAN MOMENTUM SHIFT RATHER THAN A GUY STARTING OFF ON SECOND. TO GET THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT KICKED ME AND MADE ME MAKE BETTER PITCHES GOING INTO THE INN