Approach-wise, we did a little bit better as far as making him throw strikes. He's effective because he puts the ball on the corner or right off the corner. We had a better plan today as far as trying to get some better pitches to hit.

We don't have any blazers who can throw it 90, 88, or even 85 (mph). But they've thrown strikes and they've been able to move the ball in and out and they think they can win. We've played pretty solid defense throughout the year. They're growing. I don't know what they're going to do, but they're a team.

I couldn't throw strikes early and when I did they were sitting on it,

He was so-so. He struggled with his command and didn't throw a lot of strikes. He was behind a lot of hitters.

When your team's doing that stuff, it makes it easy to throw strikes.

We'd like to have three starters to throw strikes. Carlos and Victor, they threw a little last year. Both of them have varsity experience. We're hoping they can carry the load.