Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.

Every day, you want to come in and contribute when your name is in the lineup.

Any time you can get some momentum going for yourselves, it is a confidence builder. You want to keep it up as much as you can for as long as you can. This was another test for us. We feel like we are doing the things it takes to win games right now.

It's a good feeling to have people support you.

Wherever they want me to throw 90 pitches I'm up for it.

Opening Day was a big thing. I came to a lot of Orioles games. I grew up a couple blocks from here, so I was always coming down to the stadium. I always made it down for Opening Day until I was a little bit older and I had ball. But when I was younger, I always missed school.