Hitting a knuckleball is always tough, and he (Wakefield) knows how to utilize it better than anyone out there.

We've got a lot of different looks with our starters, and we wanted to utilize that.

Victor really respects the game. He knows that it's a long haul. We always felt like he was going to come out of it, and he did, too.

That was a tough one with Omar. I knew he didn't want to hit leadoff, and fortunately we had other people who could get us through it without him hitting leadoff.

We've got to get him a knuckleball catcher's glove,

Knuckleball guys are going to have their ups and downs. This was a down for R.A., who's had some good ones for us. We'll sit down and talk about it.