In the eighth inning, we missed our location three times, twice when we were ahead in the count, |
In the eighth inning, we missed our location three times, twice when we were ahead in the count. We almost caught a break -- Cabrera's ball was tagged, but it fooled Walker. That would have been an important break to catch. Matt got the ball up with a 1-2 count, and the pitch that Delgado tripled on wasn't where Ray was trying to throw it. Against good clubs in key situations, either you do or you don't, and if you don't, you get penalized most of the time. |
In the range of decisions, that one isn't even close to a tough call, |
It depends on when we're going to play, whether we play Tuesday or we play Wednesday. In either case, he's got a day off or two days off. We're not going to let him go out there and have to reach real deep, but there's nothing wrong with extending him, if he's pitching well, into the seventh or eighth inning. |
It doesn't happen often that a player of significance comes back to his original team. |
It feels good to win two games, especially since they out-hit us in all three. |
It has significant meaning to get 100 wins. It moves you into a different category. We've all felt he's been an upper-echelon starter a bunch of times in his career. |
It helps, but you've still got to get the outs. Any way you cut it, [Marquis] was outstanding. |
It is a special season. He's got more to do. |
It makes it a lot more personal, ... I mean, whoever you're facing, you know professionally what's at stake. But when you face a guy who's been such a great teammate, we have experienced so much together, it makes it a lot more personal. |
It reminds me of ... how many Cy Youngs have I been involved with? ... [LaMarr] Hoyt's, [Bob] Welch's, [Dennis] Eckersley... Stew [Dave Stewart] was there over and over again. He's having a great year. A clutch year. |
It was a great experience for him, he's a smart guy and he observed it all. He was around a pressure situation, and I think it was really good for him. I wouldn't have minded if he'd gone to the finals, and been gone a few more days. |
It was a great experience for him. I'm sure because he's a very smart guy he observed. He was around pressure situations. I think it was really good for him. |
It was a perfect time for it, |
It was a pitching duel for the first five (innings), then he makes some mistakes in the one inning, they capitalize, and Arroyo didn't make any mistakes. Overall, they just played better. |