We pitched well for four innings and we didn't pitch well for five. The sad thing is you need to pitch well for nine innings.

We pitched well for four innings. The sad thing is you have to pitch well for nine innings.

He (Franklin) was throwing the ball well for four innings, then he started nibbling. When he did that he started falling behind and walking people. Then they started hitting him, plain and simple.

We didn't know we could get three innings out of him. We sent him out there to get two. But he did so well and had such a low pitch count we sent him back for the third inning.

He kept the ball down, and when he elevated his pitches, he intended to. His last four or five outings, each one has been better than the other, and this one was the best of them all. If he hadn't gotten into some trouble in the eighth, he probably would have pitched a complete game.

If he throws 100 pitches, he's got to pitch five innings.