"Obviously, we have a tough stretch of baseball coming up," he said.

We're six games over with a tough stretch of games.

We're going through a tough stretch right now, playing a lot of good teams.

"We haven't done that in quite a while and with a tough stretch ahead for us, it's nice."

It was a pretty tough stretch to row across with all these lights on us.

He wanted to join our team because we're in a tough stretch.

He went on to the Bronx, a tough stretch for many runners.

When we went through that tough stretch, no one quit.

He's having a tough stretch, but I do believe in him.

"But really, I look at this whole season as a tough stretch."