I came back to pick up my glove and it was bleeding. I didn't tell anyone. I told my catcher.

The most difficult pitch for a young catcher to catch is the glove-hand side pitch. You have a tendency to want to turn your glove the wrong way, and that's when you break your thumb or at least bruise it.

He's been the best catcher we've had in the 15 years I've been here. He brings that smartness to the game as well. He really calls the whole game and he handles our pitching staff well.

I didn't pitch well enough to win. That's the flat-out bottom line.

It came to the point where you try to do too much out there. You give up a couple of runs and in the back of your head, because of the way things have gone all year, I just tried to battle. It can be wearing on a person but I've been there before.

I was battling all night long, really. I wasn't as concerned about my losing streak on the road as I was my stiff neck.