I've always said the lack of hitting is contagious when you're losing -- like it becomes contagious like today when everyone's hitting.

I never like losing but if we win (today) we win the series, and that's what you have to do against the good teams.

He had the best slider I've seen him have in four years. It looked like a fastball before you swung, then it just dropped.

What can I say,

Tonight, it looked like a fastball, ... and as soon as you swung, the bottom dropped out of it.

Maybe they've just got the itch when it comes to Tigers pitching. I can't figure it out. I'm waiting for them to go into a slump against us, for crying out loud.