05-31-2010, 01:36 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Manager Lou Piniella also decided to bench Ryan Theriot. He inserted Mike Fontenot at second base for Monday's game against the Pirates, batting him fifth behind Aramis Ramirez.
Piniella wouldn't call it a "rest" for Theriot.
"Fontenot has had a good month, he's swinging the bat well," Piniella said. "So we'll see how Fontenot does. But, I'm not going to say one way or another ... It could be more than a one-day thing here.
"We're talking about one walk the whole month (for Theriot). That's kind of hard to do. We've talked to him about it. He had one extra-base hit the whole month. We'll see. I like the energy he brings. I like the way he plays baseball. Unfortunately for us, what we need here is offense. We'll see what happens, but I've got to get people in there that are swinging the bat, that's all."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Piniella wouldn't call it a "rest" for Theriot.
"Fontenot has had a good month, he's swinging the bat well," Piniella said. "So we'll see how Fontenot does. But, I'm not going to say one way or another ... It could be more than a one-day thing here.
"We're talking about one walk the whole month (for Theriot). That's kind of hard to do. We've talked to him about it. He had one extra-base hit the whole month. We'll see. I like the energy he brings. I like the way he plays baseball. Unfortunately for us, what we need here is offense. We'll see what happens, but I've got to get people in there that are swinging the bat, that's all."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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