We're feeling great, facing a pitcher like Abbott. Having as many big hits as we did is great. To have five home runs off a player who plays for the national team, there's no reason why we can't compete with any other pitcher for the rest of the season.

It's different this year. It's like coming to college all over again.

It's not like we've had poor seasons. We've had poor finishes.

We learned we can compete with just about anybody. We raised the bar for ourselves.