He's missing with his fastball, and he's relying more on his slider,

He hit a slider where we like for Brad to throw it, and he got it up the middle. All along in this series, we talked about they were doing a nice job of hitting, and that was a classic case of it.

He's got great command of his slider, ... We always say you have to command your fastball. But he commands his breaking ball about as good as anybody I've ever seen.

He threw the ball well. He has a live fastball and slider.

Rudy has a great slider and changeup to go with that fastball, ... He did a great job pitching to Bonds. Any time you strike that guy out, you've done something.

We went with the fastball and splitter for the first four innings, then worked in the slider during the last three. I don't know who was more nervous there at the end -- him or me -- because I really wanted him to get it, and I didn't want to call the wrong pitch for him.