We've faced and beaten [Long Beach State's] Jared Weaver and other great pitchers since I've been here. The approach we take is to keep battling. If we have to win 1-0, then we'll win 1-0.

I couldn't be happier for Jeff Weaver, looking at the job that he's done here over the last two years, being the workhorse of the staff and pitching deep into games more times than not, ... To see this guy grow into what he's becoming now, you feel awfully good about that.

He was one of the toughest pitchers we faced all year. He had heat and he threw a slider. The first guy did a nice job and the second was dominating. It is something when you have a guy like that in your bullpen.

We haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that's what we have to do. We've won a lot of big games in the regular season, but we need to win playoff games to get respect.

That's a monkey off our back. I don't think we've ever beaten them.

They're two totally different pitchers. Anybody can mess your swing up for two days or two weeks. Our approach just has to be one way for the day game and another way for the night game.