I made a good pitch to Holliday and he hit a good pitch. I tip my hat to that. I figured (the quick-pitch) was a good thing to do. In the three years I've been doing that I've only given up one hit. He did a good job of getting ready to hit that ball. That surprised me. |
I remember. This was much better. |
I treat (pitchers) like non-hitters. I might have been trying to back off a little bit. From now on, I'll treat 'em like a .300 hitter. |
I tried to quick-pitch him. I thought it was the right thing to do. All the times I've done it, I think I gave up one hit. But he did a good job getting ready to hit the ball. |
I was able to locate my pitches and throw strikes late in the game. |
I was just trying to make good, quality pitches early in the count. I think I had eight three-pitch outs, and that's big. |
I'm a big-time believer in, on 3-2 counts, letting them hit it. |
I'm not about freaking pitching around anybody in spring training, |
I've got no excuses. I made a bad pitch. |
If you give one up, give it up. Make it a good one. |
It's not going to turn out that way many times. All year long when we've had a four-run lead, the bullpen has held it. The 'pen has done a great job all year. This was just a case of bad timing. |
My slider has been really good this spring. It's kind of good to know that it's come along. At one time at the beginning of spring, I thought about throwing that pitch away. |
Nobody wanted a season like this, but nobody's quit playing hard. We all want to win every game we can, we all come out here thinking we can win every day. |
Teams are different, but it all comes down to being able to throw your second-, third- and fourth-best pitches for strikes, ... My game is getting them to put it in play, and I can definitely take it into other games. |
That felt good. It's been a while since I've gotten one in the win column. I know those guys are very aggressive. I was just trying to make good pitches and get ahead in the count. |