We weren't going to pitch anyone for more than three innings today anyway. The game was designed that way. It wasn't designed to give up five runs though.

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All of these guys pitched on a national championship team, and they're returning. They won on the biggest stage there is.

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We knew at the beginning of the season that we would be a left-handed dominated bullpen. It comes to a point where you go with your best pitcher, whoever that might be.

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He's in the best shape of his life. He's probably going through a little bit of dead-arm.

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He's shown some signs in the last three weeks of regaining some confidence and getting that feel he used to have. Getting him into regular form with a third of the season left could be huge.

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The second inning was ugly, but other than that I thought we pitched well. From this point on we're trying to cut out the bad innings, that's for sure.

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