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I went from a state of disappointment, in not getting the bunt down, to disbelief in a matter of two pitches.

Ben Johnson (baseball Player)

Every game he pitches, it's like the World Series for the other team. For some of them, it could be the height of their baseball career facing a guy like that.

Sean Linville

I felt like I could throw every pitch with conviction and not worry about my mechanics. The walks today came up and bit me. ... I just couldn't execute my pitches.

Russ Ortiz

It was a big performance. He stepped up again and made some big pitches when he had to. (He) led us into a big win.

Aaron New

I had better command of my pitches than I've had, ... and I felt as good as I've ever felt.

Jon Lieber

Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their pitches. That was big for us.

Javier Vazquez

We knew a game was going to come down to a pitch pass sometime. Paul and I would go out in the street in front of my house and practice it. Someone pitches him the ball and Paul bombs it to me.

Butch Pedersen

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.

Gary Powers

We moved the ball pretty good offensively. Will pitched a very good game considering the cold weather. He got a little wild after 90 pitches.

Rick Fowler

He was throwing where he was supposed to be throwing and making his pitches.

Dave Moates

There was a game plan, but I just didn't execute my pitches. This is an awesome opportunity, for sure, and if I do go back (to Triple-A Durham), there's going to be more (major league) opportunities. There's no doubt in my mind about that.

Jason Hammel

We just weren't having good at-bats against him. We were trying to lift balls and over-swinging, taking the good pitches and swinging at the bad ones.

Don Werner

I think it is a product of having real good at-bats. He can handle a lot of different pitches and he can handle pitches in different locations.

Cory Mee

They hit the pitches (Wednesday). I thought I threw fine, they just got on base and it hurt.

Greg Ball

He needed our help, and I enjoy working with him. Everybody kind of pitches in when things get tough.

Paul Beatty

She has done an amazing job. She's got a lot more pitches, and she still throws hard.

Stacie Chambers

Those two kids that threw today are both good high school pitchers and the problem is we expect too much out of them. You're not always going to throw perfect pitches, they were both off a little bit and Central did a good job of hitting.

Terry Stephenson

He had a good arm and he came right after us. The kid's pretty good. I have to tip my hat to him. I thought he made some decent pitches in certain situations.

Rick Renteria

You have to pitch to him like he was a couple of years ago. He hits good pitches, he hits bad pitches. He has great hand-eye coordination. He hits mistakes.

John H. Patterson

It's disappointing. No excuses. I pitched bad. I threw bad pitches. They hit them.

Matt Clement

Sometimes I get lucky and hit some pitches, ... I don't try to hit the ball like [Todd] Walker does, just try to make contact.

Carlos Zambrano

They made our pitchers throw more pitches and that gave their hitters more pitchers to look at.

Ted Farhat

Usually, when I get a guy down 0-2, I can put him away. But my cutter was running back over and they were hitting it. I just didn't make pitches when I needed to.

Justin Duchscherer

It's frustrating to start slow like this. But you got to look at the long run. It's a process. Once we get our confidence up we'll start recognizing our pitches and we'll start hitting the ball.

Reggie Abercrombie

Those guys hit so well with two strikes. We were throwing pitches five inches off the plate and they were getting hits. We' weren't able to do that today.

Chance Wheeless

Cale did a great job of getting a head in counts with each batter. He mixed up his pitches. A win like this is a confidence builder for him and us.

Matt Cimo

It was just a matter of getting pitches to hit. Once we got the pitches we were able to put good swings on the ball and put up some big numbers.

Ryan Hastings

Overall, he threw well. We couldn't ask for too much more than what he did. We wanted him to go 80 pitches, and that's what he had through five. He felt good and wanted to continue, but we've still got to protect him a little bit.

Mel Stottlemyre

Nobody's perfect -- Armando [Benitez] reminded me of that -- but it was one of those nights where I didn't make good pitches.

Scott Eyre

We compounded too many errors together. On the flip side, R.A. Long fought pitches off, found the holes and banged some big hits.

Scot Meeker

They'll find a different atmosphere, less bounce, good pitches for batting and it's going to be hard work for the fast bowlers.

Shoaib Akhtar

Throw something the guys aren't looking for. I think a lot of it for me now will be if I'm able to execute a lot of my pitches. It's just a matter of figuring out what they're looking for. Over time, since I've seen the hitters more, I've gotten better about doing that.

Casey Fossum

She was awesome. She had location on all of her pitches and was just outstanding.

Brian Glass

I feel real comfortable at the plate right now. The coaches have been helping me and I've been seeing pitches real well.

David Flores

You need to nibble around the edges with these guys and we did make quality pitches when we had to, with runners on base.

Jon Deeble

He was averaging 10 pitches an inning, it was a masterpiece. We had ample opportunities to get that two-out hit and drive in a run and just didn't do it. There's no need for finger pointing. That was a total team loss.

Dave Schmotzer

Chris has some nasty stuff and is hard to hit his fastball at 90 mph. He throws some breaking pitches at times. We're expecting a lot of things from both Chris and Andrew.

Val Mclean

She has good movement and good speed on her pitches. Speed is important, but that movement is key and she does a good job with that.

Lori Snell

He keeps giving you a chance to win when he fills up the zone with three different pitches for strikes.

Smoke Laval

She only threw 63 pitches tonight. With so many five inning games, it's hard to get her innings.

Bill Fetters

We are going to keep the ball down and not make mistake pitches to big hitters.

Michael Gibbons

He had all of his pitches. He located them well and got ahead of the batters. He did all the things you need your pitcher to do to get a game like that.

Ricky Crawford

He was in the zone with three pitches. Even the one ball that was hit really shouldn't have been swung at. That was as good as I have seen him pitch.

Smoke Laval

We made the plays and the pitches and got a clutch hit. It was a good win for us.

Allen Plyler

She's pretty tough. She's probably the number one or number two pitcher in the league right now. She's pretty good and she's just a sophomore. She can bring some heat and she mixes her pitches well.

Kelly Sears

Each kid throws pretty hard and has good command of a few pitches. I think them and the guys behind them will do a good job out there, but we will need to develop some hitting.

Vern Mello

I kept trying to make my pitches, but I kept elevating the ball. That's his sweet spot.

Joel Pineiro

It seems like Justin pitches better when the pressure is on and the bases are loaded. He put a lot of pitches over the plate in those situations, and our defense helped him out.

Kalem Norton

Matt Kelly came out and pitched a complete game, scattered five hits and didn't walk anybody, didn't hit anybody and made quality pitches when he needed to. Bottom line that's the key to the game today.

Darin Loe

Jake did a phenomenal job. Got ahead of hitters, made them hit his pitches and our defense played very well behind him ? typical early-season game where pitchers are dominant. We were very fortunate to get this win.

Todd Genke

I was just battling out there. I thought I threw some good pitches and the balls just kept [finding] the holes.

Javier Vazquez

I've kind of been more erratic than I'd like to be, but I'm all right. The more times I get out there, the better I feel. I feel like I can make some adjustments and make some better pitches.

Brad Thompson

He still has to work on his location. You can't leave pitches high in the zone in the major leagues. But I believe one day he'll pitch in the big leagues and stay.

Lorenzo Bundy

She had a couple jams early, but they didn't hit her hard. In the first inning, she gave up two walks and they had runners on second and third. But, definitely, her pitches weren't missing by much.

Ralph Remus

What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems for them when we come up. If nobody is on base, they can be a little more fine with their pitches and not have to worry about leaving anything out over the plate.

Garret Anderson

Barry is Barry -- you have to respect him as a great hitter. I'm not sure what to expect. I'll be watching him to see how he looks, and I'll try to call the right pitches, the way I always do.

Ramon Hernandez

Amy will pitch 50 percent or more of our innings. Her pitches have been sharp and she has built her stamina. She deserves a great year and we have great confidence in her.

Kathy Arendsen

I was pitching good. But I (didn't) make good pitches in the fifth.

Ramon Ortiz

I'm somewhat pleased. I was concerned about hitting and I actually think our kids were over aggressive. We swung at a lot of bad pitches.

Patrick Hall

Everything was going fine. Then I walked the leadoff batter, and that's never good. I still felt like I was getting ahead of the hitters, but I just didn't make good pitches with two strikes.

Brad Halsey

I made a mistake on the bases and I took it to the mound with me. But I ended up getting out of it which was good. Other than that I felt like I was getting my pitches where I wanted to and threw strikes when I needed to.

Ryan Dunlap

All three games, I just wasn't making that good of quality pitches. Just had to battle there.

Derrick Turnbow

He's cool. He knows how everyone pitches. It's just the mental approach that differs. It helps that he has a track record. It helps that he has a resume. A long resume.

Latroy Hawkins

They were crowding the plate and got to a lot of outside pitches. We changed the location and we changed what pitches we were throwing, too. That pitch was effective.

Ron Noedel

I need to buckle down and cut down on my walks and I want to work on developing more pitches. I'd like to improve my change.

Jen Kollaer

In the past I thought I could do a lot with my fastball and changeup, ... From last year on I've been a little more open. I realize to be a very successful pitcher in the league I should develop a few more pitches.

Jae Seo

I felt like I was in control. I made some pitches and he kept getting a little piece of them. I tried to battle and they just beat me today.

Justin Duchscherer

He gave up a couple of hits and it seemed something kicked in for him. He really bore down and made some big-time pitches, making the quality pitches when he had to. I just like the way he gets out and gets after it, and it bodes well that he pitched successfully in that situation.

Tom Filer

I thought he handled a couple of challenges very well. I thought his first 10 pitches were up a bit, and then I thought he got pretty good command of the strike zone down.

Clint Hurdle

I've gotten myself into a lot of trouble, more so than when I had success at lower levels. But I've made some pitches when I've needed to, to get out of it. I mean, not always. I've given up my share of runs and hits.

Jeff Francis

First couple of pitches, it all came back to me, line drives up the gaps. Then I thought, 'What the hell am I doing?' I put the bat down and never went back there. I know I'm never going to be what I once was. And I'm okay with that.

Don Mattingly

There's no doubt she might be the best hitter in the Classic 8 Conference. She hits the ball hard all the time. Plus, she swings at good pitches. She's impressive at the plate, no doubt about it.

Scott Graf

He just makes pitches when he has to. He gets himself into trouble, but he's got a slider that seems invisible to hitters.

Johnny Estrada

He gets on me pretty hard sometimes, but all coaches do. That's their job. I try not to get upset at that and try to use that as motivation to get sharper and make better pitches.

Pat Mcananey

I made two mistakes. Two bad pitches.

Runelvys Hernandez

I wasn't tired. I just wasn't fooling anybody. They were hitting pitches they were missing earlier in the game. I got behind on a few people ... and just couldn't put away that last out.

Jason Vargas

I've always let my catchers call pitches. If she gets into a pattern, I may step in. But I think it helps keep their mind in the game.

Roosevelt Newell

I'm definitely a guy who will hit for average, ... I'm going to be a very aggressive hitter. If the first couple pitches are there to do some damage, I'm going to swing.

Travis Buck

He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There was nothing cheap about any of their hits.

Dave Pano

If you leave pitches up to a good team like this, they're gonna make you pay. The first home run I gave up, I hung a curve ball, so Danny Payne got a hold of that one.

Josh Cribb

That was just one of those situations where you have to really buckle down and make quality pitches to get out of the jam.

Scott Dunn

He has a combination of three pitches that are really paralyzing pitches. When he's on, he can really take over a game, dominate a game.

Al Nipper

I think we were trying to spot pitches early in the count instead of trying to get ahead. But it's early. I was really happy with how the guys threw.

Trevor Clark

In different counts, he'll do things normal pitchers don't do. He's a pitcher who pitches and doesn't give in.

Matt Mangini

I saw some of the best hitters I ever pitched against when I pitched against players from the German Olympic team, and it was really cool to see them, because they're perfect. They don't swing at bad pitches, so it helps. I also had to pitch from 43 feet, which will help in college to see what it's like throwing from a different distance.

Lauren Shaheen

He can throw to both sides of the plate with all his pitches. If there is a way to get a hitter out and he knows it, he can execute it.

Dave Duncan

Shane really gutted it out. That is the longest he has pitched for us and we had him for 75 pitches. Give him a lot of credit for gutting it out and being very effective. That was a huge factor for us to have him come in and shut them (Phantoms) down. They swing the bats well.

Bruce Brobst

He's hot, and I think the thing he's doing exceptionally well is swinging at good pitches. He's patient up there, and when he gets a good pitch, he hits it.

Calvin Baisley

You have to make adjustments. I know I only have so many pitches. I'm going to pound the zone.

Victor Zambrano

He's nasty. But he just faced good hitters. He pitches like a veteran guy, but the thing is, sometimes you need to know about the other team.

Melvin Mora

We wanted Bryan to throw about 50 pitches today. You can see why we need him back, but he and the staff felt he needed to come out when he did.

Matt Murray

We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit.

Jason Abercrombie

There were a couple of good pitches and the ball found the hole.

Danys Baez

I was basically trying to get a feel for my pitches. I hadn't pitched to hitters since Oct. 1. It's been a while.

Jason Christiansen

Our key is to make him throw pitches and get him out of there. He pitched himself out of a couple of jams.

Ryan Klesko

He threw a lot of pitches but made some pitches when he needed to. It was very fortunate that he made some big pitches when he had to. He battled and did a good job in that respect.

Bill Evers

She's been a force for us in the one spot. She's doing a great job. She's battling off pitches, getting good at-bats and is really aggressive up there.

Chantiel Wilson

I just didn't make the pitches. When I came out of the bullpen I felt good. I just wasn't locating the ball where I wanted to. I got to concentrate more now.

Jerome Williams

Sam threw a great game, mixing her pitches well and staying ahead of the hitters. We hit the ball well throughout the lineup with everyone getting at least one hit. We got the early lead and never let up, which was good to see.

Randy Barton

I just tried to make good pitches. Huff is a good hitter. It was a good battle.

Tom Gordon

Brown came in and made a double play and then he made some big pitches in the last inning when he was behind in the count a little bit. The lefty (Holloway) struggled a little bit today but Brandon came in and did a quality job for us.

Denny Mccrotty

When you give up and lay one in there is when you get hurt the most, ... It just so happens I was able to make pitches when it counted.

Chris Capuano

They were competitive. Even though they pitched in some trouble, every one of them, they made pitches to get out of the big mess. I can't ask for any more than they did.

Richie Zisk

Matt said he had good movement. (His pitches) normally will drop. I've got two good pitchers, and I put Matt behind the plate today and Gary on the mound. Most people when they face Gary will hit little grounders to third, and Layton is the best glove in the area.

Hank Zizzi

I think batting ninth really gives me a chance to see everything that the pitches has. I've probably seen him throw all his pitches to the first eight hitters.

Yuniesky Betancourt

We did some good things. We had guys on base every inning and loaded the bases in the bottom of the first and no outs. (But) our hitter goes after a bad pitch and hits into a double play. Then the next guy grounds out. To me, that's a mental mistake because you don't go after pitches like that, especially with no strikes.

Pete Porath

Javy kept fighting out there. He gave up a bunch of hits but made good pitches when he had to and got us through [six] innings, which at the time, I didn't think he had a chance.

Bob Melvin

Stuff like that happens a lot at the start of a game. I had all of my pitches going; I just had some trouble with my control. I had a big blister on my left foot, which is my push-off foot, and that bothered me.

Michael Lindsey

Today was excellent. We kept the ball low and mixed our pitches up.

Keith Dunn

He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitcher was that he kept composed and threw pitches.

Patrick Anderson

In our case, we didn't play our best defense. We didn't throw our best pitches, and we couldn't catch a break. We hit the ball hard, but right at them.

Bob Bruglio

Vincent Spaulding pitched a terrific game. He got ahead of the hitters, kept them off-balance and made some big pitches to get out of innings.

Dale Hall

I can't blame whoever is putting the signs down. I am the one throwing the bad pitches; it is not his fault.

Bartolo Colon

Stephen mixes his pitches up and changes speeds. He has a curve ball that he doesn't throw the same speed. That really helps him.

Tony Sagely

It was all right. I got into a little bit of trouble in the later innings. My fastball was getting away from me a little bit, but I still worked my way out of the jams. I just knew I had to make big pitches and I knew they were going to be there for me.

Nick Carr

Christian did a great job of changing speeds. After that first inning, he kept us off balance mixing the fastball and he spotted his off-speed pitches so well, we were behind in the count.

Russ Hayden

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm getting pitches to hit and just being aggressive. I really don't know what's going on, but I'm certainly not going to complain.

Neil Giesler

We got a couple of big hits, played pretty steady defense and our pitchers made some pitches to get out of some jams.

Jim Thacker

Her curve ball moved very well. She had velocity on her pitches too.

Dave Dwyer

His fastball was very dominant tonight, and he had great control of all of his pitches. He threw a great game like he has all year.

Aaron Misasi

Having Dave in the lineup is huge. Not only is he a great player but he makes the other guys in the lineup better. Everyone sees better pitches when Dave is in there as a threat.

Glen Gardner

With the other batters stepping up, it's allowing for everybody to get good pitches, and [our opponents] are not pitching around people. It's also good knowing that if I'm struggling this weekend, the other hitters in the lineup can pick me up. That's a good feeling.

Kristen Butler

I felt pretty good. All my pitches worked today and my location was good.

Claudio Vargas

He mixed his pitches well. He's probably got a fastball better than we've seen this year.

Jim Gaylor

The girls hit the ball well and were patient at the plate. They swung at the pitches they could hit.

Craig Lauger

We came out relaxed and put up a few hits. We got our pitches, put the ball in play and good things happened. We needed that effort after (Saturday).

Kermit Smith

I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging.

David Ortiz

I think our kids started going after some bad pitches. And some of the kids didn't swing at (good) pitches.

Bob Coolen

The umpire did the best he could, but some pitches were so far out. You can't call balls one and two feet over the batters head strikes.

Bob Tomlinson

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Warren Spahn

I thought we didn't choose very good pitches to swing at. We were anxious to hit and didn't make good choices at the plate.

Connie Finn

They were hitting the ball really hard. They were going down and getting the pitches. Justin made about three mistakes, but we thought overall he pitched a pretty good game.

Rusty Robinett

With 65 pitches, my goal as a starter would be to get into the fifth inning. You would have to really be sharp with the command, but that would be something to shoot for.

Calvin Maduro

Sometimes you got to take advantage of what they give you. They gave us some wild pitches and let our runners advance.

Jay Harper

A.J. is a guy who, if we didn't have Dan and Andy, people would be buzzing about. He's hard-throwing with good control of three quality pitches. We had the luxury of bringing him along slowly.

Dan Alderson

It's not just us. He's crushing everybody. We try to pitch him a certain way, but he's a real good hitter. He'll hit good pitches, he'll hit bad pitches.

Adrian Beltre

He was making good pitches and really hitting his spots. That's a tough lineup over there. I don't know if he can pitch any better than that.

Steve Rothchild

It would have been a different story if Chavez pitches. That kid is tough.

Leroy Gonzalez

We've been in a must-win situation since Week 3, when we were 1-6. Our guys know it can be done. We've made a lot of big hits, big pitches and big plays to get this far.

Joe Jordano

I would love to have a couple of pitches, a couple of plays back. We pushed them. We had them on the ropes a couple of times. But there were some plays we needed to make, and we weren't able to.

Daron Schoenrock

Casey Lambert just couldn't close them out. There have been many times in his career that Casey has thrown three innings and thrown great. He just didn't make the pitches and fell behind in the count.

Brian O'connor

I thought we picked it up as we went along. I know I felt better about my pitching after the first inning. I gave up a couple of hits early, but Eryn called good pitches and we were able to mix it up.

Katie Aaron

He just started to get his pitches up. I thought he pitched well enough to win.

Bobby Howard

I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches and moves the ball in and out. It's impressive.

Craig Faulkner

The kids are throwing strikes, and for the most part, we are playing defense behind them. We've emphasized mixing your pitches up and throwing strikes, and both kids did that today.

Joe O'donnell

Why do you need five pitches? You're a relief pitcher. You won't even go through the lineup one time.

Tom Browning

I had so much confidence in Kevin, and he is such a competitor once he steps on that field. If he'd had 190 pitches, he wouldn't have come out of the game because he was determined to get it. He held them at bay for a long time.

Jerry Tischler

When he gets up there they go this old guy's gonna pitch to me, ha ha, they kind of make fun of him a little bit until they find out how he pitches. Earl and I would be sitting in the bleachers next year watching them play, ha ha.

Jackie Brown

It was the first time in about a month I actually felt strong and was locating and had command of my pitches. It was nice to get out there and have some success.

Pat Bresnehan

He didn't look good on the pitches he missed, but he made good adjustments and did what it took.

Christopher Howell

I thought we played better in the second game. We just had a horrible approach in the first game. We were looking at a lot of good pitches and swinging at a lot of bad pitches. We were just flat.

Jeff Stratton

He'll be ready for Opening Day. I have no doubt about that. He's been going at it pretty hard. His timing looks like it's there. The key is, he's getting the barrel of the bat on the ball and laying off tough pitches.

Gerald Perry

I was just seeing it pretty good. I got lucky on a couple pitches and they left a few balls up.

Alex White

I thought (Shaver) had big-league command. Everything was down in the zone. He threw 43 strikes in 58 pitches.

Tom Pratt

It was hard for us to get hits because she wasn't going to throw strikes. She threw the ball well and had a lot of movement, and she made us chase the ball. Once we showed patience, she got behind in the count and flattened out some pitches that we were able to hit.

Tim Mackin

I just didn't make any good pitches. I got behind guys, walked guys. You do that, you're not going to have any success. I just blew the game.

David Weathers

We had opportunities tonight to make plays, make pitches, and get hits. They just got more timely hits than we did.

Gary Enis

I still don't see too many good pitches. Mostly it's away or some teams try to pitch me inside, real tight, and jam me.

Alex Ramirez

He couldn't put up the numbers if he didn't learn to hit. He knows what pitches to lay off and what pitches he can drive. And if he has a weakness or a flaw, he absolutely keys on it until he eliminates it.

Larry Cline

It's frustrating because you usually go at least six. I'm still throwing too many pitches, walking too many guys, getting too deep in counts. The guys here are patient. They sit. They make contact. They make you fight for it. This is the major leagues.

John Maine

She has learn to throw what she's good at. She's a heck of a talent, but sometimes she insists on throwing other pitches.

John Lott

We were running a little low on pitchers so the No. 5 and 6 guy gets some work. Josh did a good job. He had command of his pitches and threw strikes.

Pete Hertler

I feel confident in calling any of the pitches because I think she's developed more confidence.

Pam Lancaster

He threw well. He threw only 87 pitches through six innings, and he used his defense well.

Thad Nelson

He throws a lot of strikes. And the pitches we did get to hit, we didn't do anything with them.

Juan Pierre

You're going to go out there and you may feel good, you may feel bad; that really doesn't matter, ... You have to go out and make pitches. Sometimes it may take five pitches to get that one out, but you've got to keep grinding it. With our team, anything can happen.

Jeff Suppan

He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastball.

Bill Evers

She (Kaufman) is coming with more speed, control and picking her pitches better. She is giving her defense chances to help her.

Shane Been

Godfrey did a great job on the mound. He kept us off balance with two pitches. I think when they took the lead, he got a second wind.

Matt Magee

It just felt good when I hit it. Coach has been telling us to swing at our pitches. Everybody has just been coming out and been aggressive.

Adrian Molina

The only thing we can do is probably pray a lot. Hopefully he makes a lot of pitches up the middle of the plate and he's not on his game that day.

Bengie Molina

I had checked swings at a couple of pitches early. I got myself behind.

Preston Wilson

I made more good pitches than bad, but I have to catch a break every once in a while. A ball lands on the left-field line in the corner. A ball dribbles over the third-base bag on a ball a guy hits off the dirt. I've got to get one to go at somebody every once in a while.

Ryan Vogelsong

[Bajenaru] threw me a couple of good pitches to hit.

B.j. Upton

Now that I have this opportunity to show them that I can pitch, I have to just go out there and make pitches.

Angel Guzman

Our pitchers have been making great pitches. If our pitchers are throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitters, that's all we can ask.

John Gonzalez

Heath is a good pitcher. I've seen him pitch in all-star camps and this was not how he usually pitches. I guess some days you have it and other days you don't.

Joey Sato

She has a great fastball (62 mph), but she has developed a couple of other pitches to where she throws a curve, drop and rise. She has made the move offensively to a left-handed slap hitter and now a left-handed hitter who can hit it over your head.

Joe Alsup

He had electric stuff, throwing the curveball in any count his fastball had good movement on it. It was one of those nights where he couldn't miss and people were chasing his out pitches.

Greg Dobbs

Walks are never good, and one of the bad pitches I made was to Lee and he hit it out of the park. I didn't think I had great stuff. I started feeling better by the fifth inning and started battling through it.

Kevin Millwood

I feel pretty good. [I] missed a couple of pitches. My arm and my whole body feels very good.

Claudio Vargas

We always tease him about it. We called Jon 'Red' and we call him 'Little Red.' He pitches just like (Walker), so hopefully he'll get to that point where John was.

Reggie Keen

She (Hutchins) kept us off balance. We didn't hit the good pitches when she threw them. Then, after that, were behind in the count, chasing. That's what every pitcher wants. Tonight, we gave her that luxury.

Donovan Nelson

I was able to throw everything for strikes, ... I was able to make pitches when I needed to. It was a good day.

Shawn Chacon

I didn't know him. But the first time I saw him I liked his arm and the way he pitches. He throws strikes. But he loves to pitch. I like that.

Mario Soto

We just didn't take advantage. I helped him [Reds pitcher Matt Belisle] out. I didn't make him throw good pitches. I just didn't get the job done.

Ryan Langerhans

Venezuela helped me a lot. I'm fine now. All of my pitches are sinking and I've got my change, my curveball, everything. I just have to show I can pitch.

Ramiro Mendoza

Nick has been what I expected. He's the ultimate competitor. He's pitching very well and has command of all of his pitches.

Jeremiah Robbins

There should be a three-year moratorium on pitches of any variation of American Idol .

Reginald Hudlin

I'm adjusting to seeing more off-speed pitches, more inside and outside, nothing down the middle. I just needed to get away from waiting for my pitch and hit what they're giving me.

Nick Herrera

We had numerous opportunities, and we just couldn't get any big hits. You gotta give their pitchers credit. They threw the right pitches in situations to get us out.

Richard Labounty

We didn't really help (Capuano) on offense. He was giving us pitches to hit; we just hit them right at people and were trying to pull the ball a little too much.

Chad Moeller

I didn't make my pitches. I got behind in the count. That's how you lose games.

David Weathers

He made some big pitches when he had to and that's what we expect out of Jeremy. Over the past three weeks he's been outstanding. He's been a leader.

Torey Lovullo

Her pitches were up. We talked about how the ball needed to be down against this club. She wasn't in command of her pitches.

Karen Mullins

I was missing pitches after the third inning and I don't have the velocity to miss.

Brad Hennessey

Brandon didn't have his best stuff but just kept battling like he always does and Ryan did a good job closing it out. We're going to win more games on our pitching and I thought we did a good job except for a couple of pitches.

Scott Justus

It was two pitches and two runs and two mistakes.

Orlando Hernandez

We've been working a lot more on hitting our spots in practice. Not just throwing pitches with big break on it, but hitting the locations. That's critical.

Bob Yagge

I'm just not making quality pitches and I have yet to do that. I just have to work a little harder.

Dustin Mcgowan