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.

Nolensville has been invited to the party, and they didn’t show up to the dance.

I think it’s a huge positive for us, because we haven’t won too many games lately when the starting pitcher hasn’t done well. The offense really picked me up tonight.

If there wasn’t bad blood before, there is now. That’s for sure.

That guy can hit anything. When he hits the ball hard, it’s homers, and when you make (tough) pitches on him, it’s broken-bat singles. I mean, he can do everything.

[Rodrigo] Lopez pitched well, but we’ve got to find a way to beat guys like that to get to where we need to be, … because we’ll be facing plenty of them.

I give credit to the offense tonight. The guys scored some runs, and that’s big. It’s a huge positive. For most of the year, we needed really good starting pitching to win. This has got...

It’s definitely nice that they have the confidence in you to give you a long-term deal.

I think we felt confident coming into the series that we could win it.

Jason has a history of being out on the plate and keeping his elbow guard on the plate. I told him to move it back and he came after me. I was surprised, but I’m...

The biggest key today was the guys gave me a cushion. I was able to use a little bit more of the plate than usual, and they hit some balls hard at people.

I could tell warming up that I felt stronger. I felt like [the ball] was coming out of my hand good today. That was a good sign.

You just knew we were going to do it. You just knew it.

It is nice for them to show the confidence in me. It’s nice the organization feels confident in me to sign me to a long-term deal.

I think the experience of growing up without a lot of things always gave him the fire to play hard. He didn’t have anything else, any distractions, so he played sports, and that’s what he...

The last time we got in a fight (with the Padres during spring training in 2002), we won the series. I’d be OK if that happens again.

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.