A couple balls caught too much of the plate early, ... We were still in the ballgame, and we ended up giving away like four runs on defense. You can't give away runs in the big leagues. We didn't play very good defense today.

We had a couple of balls where if they get down early instead of being caught, it's a different game. We've got to find a way to get some runs early and get momentum back on our side.

You're always hoping for a no-hitter when a guy goes that deep in a ballgame. We figured it'd be Eckstein who would break it up. He's a good little ballplayer. It's hard to corral him.

It's too early for me [to give up on the season],

That makes it sound like somebody's lying. I went through that a couple years ago, which was [untrue] at the time, and [I'm not] going through that. I've never been accused of that. I don't know if [Walker] was accusing me, but it was kind of general. You need to be more specific and you need to address that person, man to man. That's how I like to treat guys and how I appreciate being treated in return.

It could be anything, ... Preferably, it's a six-inning arm, but we don't know. It could be a couple of innings.