Every game that we win, it's going to be less and less pressure. We've just got to sharpen up the sticks.

It takes a lot of pressure off our shoulders to get through the first game. It's huge . . . just relief.

That (home run) was incredible. I never would have thought in a million years that would happen. I'm used to hitting singles and doubles, and that came out of nowhere. That shut them down.

We had to get fired back up. When we got off to that big lead, we thought we'd beat them. We figured they were done. Then they came back and scored, and that lit a fire underneath us.

I deserve the win, I played very well and I put much pressure on Ding during the game.

This is like a game we have to win. The pressure has risen, which I think is not a bad thing.