Nicol said to The Boston Globe. ''This is a tough place to get a game. But things happen and he has gotten back in the lineup.

It was really important to me. It would have been my first major league complete game. It didn't happen and I'm upset that the team lost.

I think we should all live on the precipe of life, as fully and as dangerously as possible. Everyone should make the assumption that they're going through life only once. Tomorrow we die. Why not take chances, extend yourself? How awful it is when a person comes to the end of life full of regret.

Boston Scientific wants as many shots on goal as they can get.

We had some breakdowns. It was a tough game to be a part of.

You know, it's a tough game, it's a battle,