That one hit to left field got him. He gave up one, but that's two games in a row he's come out and thrown real well for us.

I've always believed the good teams win the close games,

You learn how to enter those games with an open mind and just not try to do too much. The last two years I've tried to take it on myself to do stuff. It has to be a team effort.

They've been outdoors, they've played four games already against good competition. They're ahead of us, no doubt about it.

We play a lot of big games. This is one of the biggest.

He'll get some innings under his belt [and] pitch in some big-league games. Our thought process is to send him to Triple-A, put him in the rotation and have him to continue to develop. If he continues to do well, there's a chance realistically [that] we'll see him in Houston at some point during the season. We don't expect that to happen out of Spring Training. We're going to keep an open mind about it, but realistically, we see him gong to Triple-A.