He and Barry Bonds are the two greatest hitters in the game right now, I've always thought that, and him hitting this home run doesn't change my views. To me, that's one guy I wouldn't like to face in that situation whether he hit the home run or not.

It was a pretty solid pass. I thought the guys were going to pick it off, but it went right to him and he made a good shot.

It's not too tough to do. I just think right now we're a little sluggish on it, but we'll peak at the right time.

I?m proud of the way the girls played tonight. I thought we played well defensively. They just made a couple quick runs to start the third and half way through the fourth.

To me watching him, the rhythm of his delivery is a lot smoother and a lot better. We talk among ourselves about things. Anything to help us get that extra edge we try to find. It looks like his delivery is smooth and not as choppy as it was last year. His first spring start of this year was better than any start he had last year.

This is mowing them down, three up, three down.