We're not strikeout pitchers and we're not pretending to be. We preach location, and when Darcy is at her best she's hitting her spots.

I'm not a strikeout pitcher. There are just some days when things are going well and it just all falls into place.

In softball we always preach and preach to pitchers that the mark of a good pitcher is to win when you're not throwing well. We haven't been in this situation very much this year where we haven't been playing well where the game's still close. In the first half we did struggle and I think mentally it affected us a little bit.

Woody uses it more as a strikeout pitch. He's using it the way other pitchers might use a splitter or a cutter. There's no doubt it's a good weapon when you're working with it like he does, ahead in the count.

I don't think about other pitchers. I need to pitch the best I can. I know they are not going to give me a job for free, but I can win a job if I earn it. I am working hard for that. They have seen what I can do on the mound.

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.