It's what I expected after getting hit in the neck with a ball. It's sore. It's stiff. ... If there's any way to make my next start, I'll make it.

It's just bruised, sore and stiff,

Pitchers don't get hit, really, that often, especially above the chest. A broken bat is a situation where I have to cover first base, and that took me right into the path of the bat. It's definitely odd, but it happens. What are you going to do?

The doctor said that there is really nothing more you can do, ... It's just stiff, sore, swollen. That's the bottom line.

He's been working with it [sore neck] about a week and it got better. But it really affected him tonight. He had good stuff, but didn't have his location.

It's sore. It's going to be painful if he gets hit.