He kept us in the game. He didn't walk anyone, he wasn't overpowering, but he kept the ball in the strike zone and did an overall good job.

We just didn't get enough offensive support. We had opportunities offensively and just couldn't get the big hit when we needed it.

Every game in our conference is tough. We made a couple of nice plays there and that's hopefully where our experience pays off.

So far, guys have been picking each other up. If someone can't get it done, someone else gets up to the plate and takes charge.

Ryan's pitched a couple of real nice games this year. It was good to get on him early. When he gets in a groove, he's real tough to hit. Our guys got on him right away and it was important to do that.

His game isn't necessarily to strike guys out. It's to keep the ball down and have our defense make plays, and we made some pretty nice plays.