“The ball beat me by about two steps as I was going down to slide. I took a chance, hesitated a little bit. Fortunately, (Rodriguez) went for a swipe tag and that let me get in there.”
“He's got the right mentality to be that guy to stop a streak like this one. Whether he knows it or not, we put a lot on him, and he went out and delivered.”
“I was just looking for a ball in the zone. It took me a good two weeks to figure it out but I'm glad I did. Fortunately the 14th inning was good to me in the past and it was good for me tonight.”
