Brendan Donnelly, in spring training this year, told me my goal was to at least get to play in the playoffs when we got there. That means a lot of things probably fell into place....

Plus, we can use him more than just once every five days.

We’re not using that at all.

They’ve got a lot of guys over there who can swing the bats, and it’s definitely a challenge every time you face them. But I was able to command pretty much all four of my...

I’m happy here. It’s tough to beat Southern California.

Any time you’re facing a playoff-calibre team, it’s always nice to show well, … You never know when you might meet them next.

If there wasn’t, there is now.

You have a first inning like that, you know it won’t get the job done when you’re facing a staff like that, and I mean their whole rotation, … Because of me, Garland was able...

I felt like I was still strong, but you can’t argue with going to our bullpen. When you hold that lineup down the way we did tonight, you’ve got to find a way to win.

We definitely needed to get one here. It’s a tough place to play back there, although we’re definitely not intimidated.

The contract has nothing to do with it anymore. It’s time to pitch.

I just left a few pitches up. The first one was a fastball I didn’t quite get in enough. The second one I was behind in the count and I just wanted to throw a...

It’s another quality arm that we’re getting in here. You never can have too much pitching.

The biggest key today was the guys giving me a cushion. I was able to use more of the plate than usual and guys, fortunately, hit the ball at people.

I felt great, I felt strong. I’m not worried about it. I think I’ll be ready to go.

I think we had some pretty decent arms already, but the teams in our division improved. As long as we stay healthy, we should be OK. But that is always the key.

I felt pretty good. I had good command of all four of my pitches. They’ve got guys that can swing the bats over there. It’s a challenge to face them.

I was pretty sore the next day. I got a pretty good rub; they were trying to rub it out. You don’t want to miss time, but it is better to miss it now than...

I wanted to make it stand up, keep throwing up zeros. We really needed this to get us started in the right direction, and to show those guys that we’re going to be hanging around.

Any time you’re facing a playoff-caliber team, it’s always nice to show well. You never know when you might meet them next.

Jason has had a history of leaning out over the plate, trying to get hit. He stuck his elbow guard out over the plate and I told him not to. He had a problem with...

He might be the first one I’ve ever seen enjoying this.

I just have to make better decisions.

Any time you’re playing a playoff-caliber team, it is always good to show well, because you don’t know when you’ll be seeing them again.

We need to win games. This was big for us.

Our whole bullpen, being so strong down there, really allows us to go hard for as long as we can. We don’t have to worry about saving things for late in the game. We can...

I’m happy it didn’t last too long. I’ll be able to get stretched out and have 100 pitches going into the season.

I just hung a couple of breaking balls, didn’t get them down to where they needed to be. I just hope to get another start.

We needed a win, and it was a big win for us. I was able to get ahead a lot, [allow] no walks, and make them earn it.

He’s a huge addition to the bullpen,

I thought our pitching staff was pretty good last year. Any time you can add a guy like Weaver, it definitely adds to your depth.

We wouldn’t be in the playoffs without our pitching. Sure, we heard all the stuff about the pitching in the Series. They’re not going to say much about it now.

I’m not concerned about it at all. [The trainers] did a number of tests to be sure my strength was there.

I’ll be able to get to 100 (pitches) easily. Missing the one start didn’t affect me at all.

I knew that it was gone right when I hit it. I was so excited that I missed first base and had to go back and touch it.

It is definitely good. It is never a bad thing to have too much pitching. We’re glad to have him; he has great stuff.

I wouldn’t say that, … You’re aware that you need to pitch well to win, but sometimes that can bring out the best in you. I’ve always enjoyed pitching in big games when the pressure...

This is a huge positive for us,

Our mitigation strategy was the realignment of the road. We need to back up and start all over with a new strategy. Otherwise, I don’t feel any level of comfort.

It is a huge positive. Most of this year we’ve needed really good starting pitching to win. For the offense to come back like that has to give both the pitchers and the offense the...

I was locating my fastball well. I didn’t feel bad about not finishing the game. It’s all about the win.

I didn’t quite get it up enough, … Looking back, maybe I should have thrown a slider down and away and taken my chances with the next guy. It’s tough when every pitch means something.

It hasn’t been a season where we can pitch OK to win; we have to pitch well to win, … We know the potential of this offense. We have a lot of great players who...

You don’t face ALCS teams every day during the regular season,

When we have two jurisdictions, we have to have a meeting of the minds.

I just hung a couple breaking balls. That was the main thing. I really have no excuses. We’ll be fine. They’ve got to win a couple more games. We have two games left at the...

They were hitting some balls at some people. Guys made some big plays for me. The double play in the eighth was huge for me, to get through that.

I was getting after it pretty good. I was able to let it go.

I think both sides wanted to get it done before the season started. I’m glad we got it done, and now I can go pitch.

Being the Game 2 starter is a big deal to me, … I’m going to go as hard as I can for as long as I can.