I think today kind of typified (his season). Not great, runs early in the game hurt me all year, gave up some today. Home runs have hurt me all year, that's how they scored two of their runs. There are times I got on a roll but never for more than a few starts in a row. That's probably the most frustrating part. |
I threw a lot of strikes. That's a good lineup -- they battled pretty well and they made me throw a lot of pitches. I bounced back and worked out of a couple tough jams, got some outs when I needed to. I'll take those things out of it. |
I was kind of thinking I just have to settle down, keep throwing strikes, just because of a run in the first inning I can't come out of the game plan. I feel like I've executed fairly well against them. |
I've been feeling good. I think I've made some mechanical adjustments that have really helped me out. |
It took a lot of pressure off, certainly. |
It was a situation I didn't handle too well and everyone knows that, ... There were some adjustments I had to make physically and mentally and it probably all factored into (the demotion). |
It was a situation I didn't handle too well and everyone knows that. There were some adjustments I had to make physically and mentally and it probably all factored into (the demotion). |
It was definitely one of my best. |
It was definitely one of my best. I mostly had good command. I was throwing strikes. |
It wasn't the wrong pitch (fastball), it was the wrong location. |
It's a tough game. There are ups and downs, ... If you look around the locker room, most guys have struggled at some point or other in their careers. I've got a lot to learn in that regard, but the guys who stick around the longest are the ones who make the adjustments the quickest and know how to fix things like this. |
Obviously, every run counted, ... Any number of those runs that doesn't score, it's a different game for us. I'm frustrated because I never really got going -- never really found a groove, never consistently threw a lot of strikes. |
Obviously, it wasn't a very good pitch. |
Occasionally you walk a couple of guys and it doesn't really get that bad, ... Once you walk three guys and hit a guy, you're probably not staying in there much longer. |
On the whole, not very good. I think today kind of typified it, |