He's done a good job. He's had a couple of rough spots but he's getting stronger as the season moves along.

We've really grown together this season. There's been some rough spots but we've pulled through and now we're playing for a championship.

There were a lot of things out there that made me fairly certain that there would be rough spots. Still, to me, I thought some of the stuff was absolutely bizarre.

We had some pitchers that needed to get some work in. Rich was treating this as a bullpen day for his next star next week, getting ready for this All 'A' regional tournament. But he needed to get a couple of innings in. Lance came in and did a great job. Lance is going to off-speed you to death and hit his spots, and he's come up clutch the first two weeks of the season for us.

I was very mediocre. I put Tiger in some rough spots. Even if I had played well, I just don't think we could beat them today.

Jon's got great athleticism, and we're very happy with him, ... He's done a good job through the season, and we're confident he will step up even more in the playoffs. We have to find ways of getting him the ball.