"3B Evan Longoria has adopted an unusual batting practice program that he hopes helps him get back to his usual success.

Rather than hit with the team during the standard 4:40-5:40 p.m. slot, Longoria three times this homestand has taken batting practice on the field by himself at around 2 p.m.

The plan allows him to work one-on-one with hitting coach Derek Shelton, and also permits them to use video and hit for extended sessions rather than rotating with other players.

"I've just been trying to get back to my old swing, and we're trying to put videos together of what it was like in 2009-10 and how it's been this year," Longoria said.

"And it allows me when I take a good swing to stay in there and three or four or five or six more until I take a bad one, then take a step back and regroup. Just kind of a different way of going about it."

Though Longoria is just 5-for-31 on the homestand, and hitting .225 overall, he said there has been definite progress.

"I've been feeling pretty good so I kind of want to keep that momentum going and get that swing back into my mind again," Longoria said. "I enjoy being out there with the guys, but just the way my swing feels now, I want to keep a good thing going.""