In the off-season I picked up a slider. That gave me an out pitch. When I get to 0-2, now I can bury a hitter.

A slider, that's his main weapon. It was a good pitch to hit, and I gave it my best swing.

I'm getting beat by the same pitch. It's my slider, ... It used to be my bread and butter. It hasn't come around like I thought it was going to. To come to this level, they make you realize if it's good or not, and right now it's not. All my hits are off that.

That last pitch was as gutsy as I've ever seen anybody throw. That was a 3-2, bases-loaded slider. If I was a hitter, I'm certainly not looking for that pitch.

The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one for a ball and I stayed with my game plan. I didn't really try to do too much, just tried to hit it hard somewhere and found a hole up the middle.

He hit a slider up in the zone. I knew it was gone. I wish I had the pitch back was the immediate feeling. It's tough. This will sting. I'm a closer. Tomorrow, I'll have to put it behind me. I've blown saves before.