(Davis) threw strikes. Our defense is good and if we get people throwing strikes we're going to get people out.

Our strongest point is our defense.

Defense is a big part [of winning] and running the bases. Tonight, we created a couple things.

I always tell the pitchers to throw strikes and let the defense do the work. This was a team effort and the defense knows they were a part of this, too.

It has its pluses and minuses. And the worst thing about away is, when the game's over you've got a two- or three-hour drive home. Depending on what you do, it makes that drive short or long.

They ran themselves out of the seventh inning.