 Little bit of a rough first half of the season for Brett Gardner, but Jack He's really picking it up since the all-star break, especially since August 1st He's ninth in the ale and on base percentage and Chris when I look at what he did last night It's about putting good at bats on pitchers And if we dissect his final at bat and the ninth inning he lets a 1-1 change-up go by Because he sees Wade out of the corner of his eye trying to steal third So he's given up a hittable pitch to help the team now with second and third He fouls off three straight 1-2 pitches Wells who already had shown he was having trouble with the strike zone is trying to get Gardner out He can't get him out with fastballs He throws a slider Gardner gets enough of it with the infield in to deliver those two runs And it's just the whole idea of making sure that every pitch in every at bat counts Even when Gardner was struggling earlier this year. He's still a guy who sees a lot of pitches and makes pitchers