It was good to see things finally happen for this team because they've been working hard to get it to happen. I think we've been hounded with a little bad luck this year. We've left lots of runners stranded in lots of innings in lots of our games. But finally everything came together (in the sixth) inning.

When you have a team behind you as a pitcher that will put a lot of runs on the board, it sure helps you to relax. ... It was a great season opener for us.

Our intensity went down a little bit (during Game 2). We've really got to focus on keeping that up to win games this year.

They took advantage of their smarts on the bases. They take all the extra bases they can get.