I didn’t like the way they came out the other night. I wanted them to come out like the Spurs, within the first five minutes, the game was over. I still think they are going...

I haven’t seen an inning like that before. There’s no explanation. We looked like we had the game in hand. Then all the wheels fell off. It’s tough to swallow, especially at this time of...

You see them getting picked off one by one and you know that you’re going to be one of them. It’s just a matter of when and where.

It’s tough to see him go out on this note. But we had more good times than bad.

We realize this was a bad loss tonight, and we’ve got to come out tomorrow ready to play,

Mentally, we just didn’t get it done for whatever reason. Stuff went our way a couple times in the Cardinals series, and this time we didn’t put ourselves in a position to have things go...

We didn’t make him make any adjustments, so he pitched off his fastball all day long. He had no pressure on him whatsoever.

[Lee] was the one guy, I think, in the lineup that the opposing team really, really feared. Even on a bad day, he was going to get on two times.

It was weird just facing him.

You can’t cause any havoc from the bench, I’ll tell you that. I’ve just got to get it going. I can be more selective at the plate and have more good swings.

Here, with the crowd, it’s a playoff type of atmosphere with each pitch. I think everybody collectively is taking responsibility. They’re looking forward to trying to make that push to the postseason. It’s time to...

They had a hand over the division for the last couple [or] three years, and it’s always good to set a tone early that it’s hopefully going to be a different story this year. We...

I think that’s the only reason we’re at where we’re at today.

He’s the definition of pitching. He’s not overpowering, he doesn’t have this tremendous stuff. He gets it done every day.

We need to go at them and attack them. That’s the mentality we have to have.

It was nice to pick up the offense. They’ve been picking me up all season long.

I haven’t seen anything like it. I can’t even explain it. It looked like we had everything in hand. To see the wheels fall off, it’s a tough one to swallow, especially at this time...

I still don’t think people believe in us. People want to think we’re lucking it up on things. That’s all right. We’ll luck it up all the way through the World Series.

I just misplayed a couple of balls, … No excuses. I just missed them.

It’s amazing ? it looks like he’s just playing catch with the mitt, even with the movement on his pitches. The other day, St. Louis has a good hitting lineup, and they were missing balls...

The guy was pretty slow to the plate once I got to second. The second time, I don’t think (Valentin) wanted to throw to third after throwing it into left the first time.

For us, every night is a heavyweight bout. You see guys concentrating more, getting more excited, getting more upset. We’ve got no room for error anymore.

Every one of those throws would have been close. They just weren’t accurate. He has a good, quick move.

He’s a position player in a pitcher’s body.

I don’t care about that stuff. I’d rather go unnoticed anyway. As long as I help the team win and get to the World Series, that’s all I need. Whether there’s two fans there or...

You want to be close enough to control your own destiny so you have no one to blame. This is the road trip to do that.

It’s going to be a while, not in a lot of peoples’ lifetimes. It’s sad because when you think about Louisiana, you think about New Orleans. It’s definitely hard. It looks like they are committed...

We just didn’t move the ball offensively, we just didn’t get it done. We didn’t get on base. We didn’t really do anything today.