I didn't do my job and that's disappointing, especially this late in the season, ... I kept the ball down for the most part, but when I was up, they hit the ball pretty good.

We were throwing a lot of curveballs and cutters. When you have a left-handed-dominated lineup and I throw backdoor cutters, that's a pitch that for the most part, if they don't hit it for a base hit, it's probably going to be a flyball out. ... I work so hard on the inside part of the plate with my cutter that when I do throw it on the backside, they have a tendency to hit that ball in the air, and not with authority.

I didn't do my job tonight, keeping us in the ball game. It's disappointing this late in the year having an outing like this. My cutter wasn't sharp. I didn't establish my fastball.

It's going to be fun. We're going to give it our all, give it our best shot.

I knew the ball bounced, I knew they'd reverse it.

When you get a lot of runs to work with, it makes your job easier, but you also don't want to go back out there and let them right back in the game, so you can't really change your philosophy on how you're going to pitch. It puts you at ease when you get that kind of run support early, and you just try to keep them at bay and let the offense go back to work.