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«It really helped me get the ball inside on right-handed hitters more. I like to pitch inside. It's where I'm most effective.»

«Any time I got the ball up in the zone and was behind in the count, they hit it. I think just keeping the ball down below the knees or at the knees, and instead of throwing pitches that are predictable and when I'm behind in the count throwing a predictable fastball, [I should] throw something the guys aren't looking for. I think a lot of it for me now is I'm able to execute a lot of my pitches. It's just a matter of figuring out what they're looking for. Over time, since I've seen the hitters more, I've gotten better about doing that.»

«The fact that I was stretching my innings out at that point, I think that was a positive for me. That I was going out there expecting to go eight or nine innings instead of just the five or six [I had been pitching]. I had the mentality of going eight or nine.»

«It's all taken care of. And by (Friday) night, security was already beefed up.»

«A lot of things have to go right. You have to have a good defense behind you. I look at something like that, that's very hard. I could see maybe a closer doing it, someone like (Dodgers closer Eric) Gagne, if he pitched one inning at a time.»

«It's not like I did it on purpose. I like to pitch inside, and (Reed) likes to crowd the plate. That's the type of player he is.»

«I mean the first one, obviously, I just flat out hit him. But the next two, I like throwing inside and I'm not going to back off. I can assure you I wasn't doing it on purpose. But that's the type of player he is.»

«After the second inning, I just started to relax and let it go. I just tried to hold on. We finally made our move.»

«I was putting the ball in play and the defense made a lot of big plays behind me. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can let them hit the ball and you know they can make the play.»

«I faced these guys in spring training and they got me pretty good. I changed my game plan against them tonight and gave us a chance to win.»