[Rodrigo] Lopez pitched well, but we've got to find a way to beat guys like that to get to where we need to be, ... because we'll be facing plenty of them. |
Any time you're facing a playoff-caliber team, it's always nice to show well. You never know when you might meet them next. |
Any time you're facing a playoff-calibre team, it's always nice to show well, ... You never know when you might meet them next. |
Any time you're playing a playoff-caliber team, it is always good to show well, because you don't know when you'll be seeing them again. |
Being the Game 2 starter is a big deal to me, ... I'm going to go as hard as I can for as long as I can. |
Brendan Donnelly, in spring training this year, told me my goal was to at least get to play in the playoffs when we got there. That means a lot of things probably fell into place. Being the Game 2 starter is definitely a big deal for me. |
He might be the first one I've ever seen enjoying this. |
He's a huge addition to the bullpen, |
I could tell warming up that I felt stronger. I felt like [the ball] was coming out of my hand good today. That was a good sign. |
I didn't quite get it up enough, ... Looking back, maybe I should have thrown a slider down and away and taken my chances with the next guy. It's tough when every pitch means something. |
I felt great, I felt strong. I'm not worried about it. I think I'll be ready to go. |
I felt like I was still strong, but you can't argue with going to our bullpen. When you hold that lineup down the way we did tonight, you've got to find a way to win. |
I felt pretty good. I had good command of all four of my pitches. They've got guys that can swing the bats over there. It's a challenge to face them. |
I give credit to the offense tonight. The guys scored some runs, and that's big. It's a huge positive. For most of the year, we needed really good starting pitching to win. This has got to give the pitchers and offense both a lot of confidence. |
I just have to make better decisions. |