It will be tough to reach the number one spot this year. There is a big difference in points between Lin Dan and I. But I will try to break into the top three.

This is the end of a real tough spot in our schedule. We managed to pluck a lot of points from this part of the schedule.

When you spot a team like that 10 points out of the chute, it's going to be a tough hole to dig out of. A couple bad plays early on and they really got after us. We had to throw the ball a lot in the second half and they teed off on us. Offensively, it wasn't one of our best performances. We need to try to learn from that film and learn from what they have done since.

I don't know -- it's like, 'I'm coming for that Number One Spot,' ... Somehow that's how I've always been, and I just tapped into it.

That's cool (to help clinch a playoff spot). But it's also tough because Tomas has been here all year. There were a lot of nights that he single-handedly won us hockey games and put us in this position.

That's a tough spot to put yourself into, with one of the best RBI guys ever. I wish he would have hit it a little harder. We might have had a chance to turn two. But Figgins made a nice play just to get the one out and keep it a one-run game.