Actually I wasn't too pleased about it. Derek got hit with a (split-finger fastball). We knew it, they knew it.... I'm not too happy about it but you have to ask the man who threw it.

I'm not too pleased about it. Derek got hit with a split (finger fastball). We knew it, they knew. Then Mike got hit in the ribs.

I wasn't too pleased about it. Derek got hit with a split. We knew it, they knew it. It just happened. ... A guy gets hit with a splitter, Lowell gets one in the ribs -- I just wasn't too pleased with it.

They were actually going to hit on the field, but now they'll go down and hit in the cage, ... [General manager] Theo [Epstein] asked me a few days ago if I had a problem, and I actually thought it was great. I had met Ellsbury, but [I] had not met Lowrie.

I was pleased with his demeanor.

He said about the fourth inning, all the sudden it clicked with his fastball command. I'll bet having the run support had something to do with that because he had some room for error. He could go out and be aggressive.