He gave up four solo homers and he didn't let it bother him. We had a very good second inning with timely hitting. And we took advantage of a mistake.

He was real good early, and then his command wavered some there in the fourth and fifth inning. The next hurdle that he needs to overcome is to maintain the consistency of his delivery throughout the course of his start. He's making strides.

It's a good thing to see. You want to be cautious about where they are, not push too hard, let them work at their own pace, but you like to see them out there throwing a baseball.

To sit on Mike Gonzalez until the ninth inning might have put you in a position where you don't get an opportunity to use him. It just made all the sense in the world.

The third inning it started to bother me. I went as far as I could.

That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone.