There are a lot of guys battling for that last spot and that's how it's been the last few years. There are many guys that are well-qualified to fit that role. I think it should be a strength for us.

The way things were going, no one was gonna score too many, ... I managed to keep them off the board long enough for Tracy to come through.

I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work ahead and get all my pitches in. I mainly throw fastballs, and I worked on location today.

Those were big double plays, ... Jeff Kent was coming up next, and it's good to have nobody on base whenever he's up. It was a pitcher's duel for a while, and I was just trying to keep them off the board - because the way the game was going, there weren't going to be too many runs scored either way.

It's just a game that we needed to win just to get off this streak we've been in. No matter how we won it, 10-9, whatever, we just rally needed to win a ballgame.

It felt good. It's good to get back out there and throw against hitters that actually don't know what's coming.