Maybe it was control in the strike zone today, ... I left a lot of balls over the plate and they did what you are supposed to do with balls over the plate. I didn't execute the pitches the way I needed to, and they didn't let me off the hook. |
More important is him and his health and his family, not baseball. Let's get him healthy and get him healed up, then we'll worry about when he's going to come help us pitch. |
The guy is very underrated defensively. In Boston, he does such a good job with the Pesky Pole and that weird right field, and you've seen people struggle out there. Today, he made another tremendous play and helped us out. |
The key was the Gregg Zaun at bat. He was able to get a ball up in the air that carried. That really changed the game for me. It was damage control after that. |
The pitch that's staying with me is the double by Zaun. I had him. |
The toughest part is when you go out there and see that the other guy isn't pitching and think, `Man, am I dumb for doing this? ... But once I got out there I loosened up pretty good. |
The toughest part is when you go out there and see that the other guy isn't pitching and think, 'Man, am I dumb for doing this?' ... But once I got out there I loosened up pretty good. |
They battle me pretty well. They always seem to have something going against me and when I make a mistake, they capitalize on it. That's what they're supposed to do. |
They made big pitches when they had to and Long made a great catch. We were a little short on pitching tonight. |
This team is pretty resilient, ... Their history is being pretty resilient and hopefully that will be the case. |
What they've been doing lately is incredible, ... nothing I've ever witnessed before. |
When you come out after five innings, you kind of feel like you don't deserve it (the win) sometimes, |
Yeah, it's definitely not as loud. But I expected that. |
You never want to see somebody sick or hurt or to the point where it's a major surgery, especially something that he's already had done with his hip, in an area that can linger. I just pray that everything works out for him and we have him back here sooner than anyone thinks. |