He's not the kind of guy that comes in and throws 120 pitches. He's a 90-pitch guy. If he's going to get into the seventh and eight inning, he needs to get guys on a lot of first and second pitches.

300

I am proud of our guys because I really thought they maintained their focus for five straight days. Winning cures a lot of ills. It is lot easier to play when you're winning and you are swinging the bat and people feel good about themselves. Losing is a hard thing. I want it to not be fun when you lose.

203

No question. He came in when Ryan was struggling. I thought Ryan battled for not having less than great stuff. He (Taylor) picked it up. Then Mason getting their best hitter ... that was big for this team.

190

We're going to staff it out because we have some guys who need some work.

166

I think the whole pitching staff has done the job but I think the bullpen has really stepped up as of late.

162

That was the key to the game. We were cruising right along but they got two quick runs without really having to work at it and they were getting some momentum. But as soon as we hit those back-to-back home runs, it took the momentum right away.

160

Spandex, ... We're gonna look like volleyball players.

114

It's probably tough to read the newspaper about five third-outs to end innings. But that's OK. Players should respond to that because it's the truth. If the truth hurts, then you have to do something about it so you don't have to read about it.

114

All three of our pitchers did a good job of pitching ahead in the count. All week, the bullpen really did a good job for us. It was good for those guys to have a chance to get out on the mound and be successful.

112