It's been a long time, but it doesn't matter.

You've got to accept it. You don't fix what's not broken. This is the best starting staff I've seen for a whole year. I do know I helped the team get here and that's all that really matters to me.

This is one of the best pitching staffs in the league this year and that halfway proves it. How many starters did we have who had 200-plus innings?

That was one of the greatest leaps I ever had.

One bad pitch. It's discouraging. I guess sometimes it's going to happen. But unfortunately it was a big game for us.

You got to accept it. When you're winning games, you got to keep doing what's been winning and that was keeping the starting staff there.

We've been reading articles about us choking all year.

I've had a few days off, so it felt a little better than normal, ... I'll be pitching at 85 percent for the rest of the year, and I have been for a while. So, I'm just trying to go out there. Heart will get you through tough physical times, and I'm trying to pitch in my heart with more than anything else right now.

The first series we didn't have a whole lot of opportunities.