Pedro was tough. He was throwing as well as I've seen him. He mixes it up so well, he makes it tough to get comfortable up there against him. |
Right there, that's a big play. We can bust that up and still have the bases loaded with one out, we have a chance to win that baseball game. |
San Diego swan song |
That's between the dugout and myself. |
That's OK. Just as long as they don't spill any of the beer. |
The guy's going to the Hall of Fame, ... It meant a lot to have him out there. It's only fitting he got the last three outs. Trevor Hoffman's done a great job of keeping us together. It's a special moment. |
The replays showed it was close to being a homer and I just dropped it. |
The thing that amazes me most is he's only 24 years old. You don't have that makeup too often at that young an age. For him to go out and do what he did says a lot about him. |
These games are tough to judge because we're trying not to look ahead to Tuesday, but you kind of get that feeling. |
They smell blood and they went after it. We knew we had to play perfect baseball and we ended up making too many mistakes in this series. You can't give up all those runs so early, especially in a playoff baseball game. |
They were one strike away from a sweep. You never know what that can do to a team. |
This has been one unusual season, |
This is what you play for, to get to the postseason. If you can't get excited with 14 games to go and a 5 1/2-game lead, you've got problems. We've got two weeks left. We've got to grind it out. We control our destiny. |
This was a really big game for us. I was just glad coach (Ben Waddle) gave me the ball and let me throw. I just let my defense do the work. |
Today, he pitched us a little differently. He pitched inside more than we've seen in the past. He did a good job of adding and subtracting velocity. He was between 92 and 86, 87 [mph] with his sinker. |