He made it tough on himself by walking the leadoff hitter and gave up a hit at the wrong time. But he threw the ball awfully well tonight. |
He made two pitches up in the zone. That turned out to be the difference in the game. |
He might as well have been wearing a sandwich board, with 'Eat At Joe's' on one side, ... and 'I'm bunting' on the other. |
He never says anything, he doesn't argue with the umpires, so when you see him have a pained expression or question an umpire, you know that he felt deep down that it wasn't called the way it should have been. |
He only had one pitch (a two-run double by Alex Gonzalez) that hurt him. He threw very well, gave us a great chance to win. |
He pitched an outstanding game. We just couldn't score enough runs for him to win. |
He pitched two innings in relief in Toronto, so we're not expecting 120 pitches from him. But we haven't set a firm pitch count for him yet. We will before he pitches, but I'd love to see four or five innings from him. |
He pretty much kept a good-hitting ballclub off-balance all night. We've seen him getting stronger and stronger and getting more confidence in himself. His last four or five outings, each one has been just a little bit better than the other one. And tonight was probably the best of them all. |
He said he just didn't have anything in his arm. But no pain or anything. |
He said it felt like a cramp. If I was to guess, I'd say he pulled a hamstring. |
He stayed back and let the ball travel to him. He didn't try to do too much. |
He swings the bat and we can use every good bat we can get. I'm very excited about him joining the ball club. |
He threw a lot of strikes and got a lot of ground balls. I really expected him to throw a complete game. But the Angels have an awfully good ballclub and you have to keep them down when they are down. |
He threw strikes and when he got in trouble, he got groundballs. That's how to pitch, ... A performance like that from your starter, it goes a long way. ... I think Jeff might get another start. |
He threw strikes and when he got in trouble, he got groundballs. That's how to pitch. A performance like that from your starter, it goes a long way. ... I think Jeff might get another start. |