We played one of our best games of the season. We had a lot of power plays and that helped us carry the play. We had to get this one.

It's a great start. We've been getting better and had a lot of close games last year. There is nothing like winning games.

Our objective has always been third and when we get there, we'll look at second place. These next games are extremely important. The third, fourth and fifth place teams are playing really well right now and if you lose two or three in a row, it could really drop you down in the standings.

These are the games we need. We did a good job getting ourselves back into the picture. But these are the games we need to win to make sure we get in the playoffs.

We had some tough losses. Our goal this season was to win 20 games, and we figured we were going to fall short after those one-run losses, but we've been working all week on hitting the first-pitch fast ball and that's what we did tonight.

One of those games where you get down the stretch and the team that was ahead was able to finish it off.