I felt great up there today. I was able to slow everything down. I was under control at the plate. Everything just was real clear in my mind going up there.

Everything had to be done perfectly. There is no room for any error at all. Otherwise, it's not going to happen.

We've had to battle back from those kind of nights a lot this year.

He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch earlier in the at-bat and missed it.

Billy's tough, obviously. He's one of the toughest pitchers you're going to face in the league. If there's a spot where you want to take a chance, you want to do that on the base paths. Chances are you're not going to string two base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk.

Chances are you're not to going to string a few base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk.