When the other club knows you're looking to take an extra base, they'll charge the ball more. When they have to charge, a tricky hop could mean the difference between getting around to third and having to stay at first.

We finally won our first extra-inning game and our first one-run game. When these things end, the way they end is usually like pulling teeth.

Our pitchers got tentative, started throwing ball one, ball two, and when you do that you're going to be in trouble.

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.

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.

He's thrown strikes when he's pitched. He's shown a good breaking ball, which we knew he had.