(Monday night) was like everything was out of reach. |
All I was thinking about was getting the ball down, but it still floated on me. Obviously, it worked out, but that's still not how you want to do it exactly. |
Billy's tough, obviously. He's one of the toughest pitchers you're going to face in the league. If there's a spot where you want to take a chance, you want to do that on the base paths. Chances are you're not going to string two base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk. |
Chances are you're not to going to string a few base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk. |
Everything had to be done perfectly. There is no room for any error at all. Otherwise, it's not going to happen. |
He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch earlier in the at-bat and missed it. |
I couldn't get a hold of it. Bad grip. I couldn't get it out of the glove. |
I feel bad that I took that away from him. I went and found him and asked him if he could forgive me. |
I feel I have the confidence of the staff to do, if nothing else, what I did last year and play different spots in the field and fill in where I can. |
I felt great up there today. I was able to slow everything down. I was under control at the plate. Everything just was real clear in my mind going up there. |
I really don't know how we got out of that inning. |
I was screaming my head off. I was standing right next to him [Walker]. And when he took off all I could do was scream. |
I was thrilled, it was a great way to finish it. |
I'm not that attached to it, I guess. |
If the guy's safe there and the runner goes to second base, I deserve to be taken out to the tunnel and chewed out. But it did work out for us. |