It's been a tough week. If it's not one thing, it's the other. Jon got me both times.

It was tough this week not to talk with our mouth. It's tough to have them keep slamming you. But we kept our mouths shut. The best way to show somebody is to put the big-boy pads on, and that's what we did.

They needed the week off. They were a little banged up and sore, so why not?

I know it's tough to catch Wake. It's just unfortunate that one of the balls that got away put them ahead. He's got a tough job, playing once every five days.

It seems we're not only letting other teams jump out, then [they] add on, which makes it tough. But we're not clicking ourselves in the first four or five innings. We've got to find a way to correct that.

We definitely needed this one. We've had a rough preseason and with the tough teams we faced last week, these are the games we need to get.