If it was close by, he was there.

He was one of the toughest pitchers we faced all year. He had heat and he threw a slider. The first guy did a nice job and the second was dominating. It is something when you have a guy like that in your bullpen.

It was a game not under the greatest conditions. It was not a day for pitchers with the wind. All the pitchers out there battled under conditions. There were no breaking balls with the wind. The pitchers did a good job with that.

We stabilized there and showed some life. We didn't fold the tents. Offensively and defensively, we got our heads back into the game. It wasn't an 11-3 game. We're closer to them than 11-3, but there are some things we have to work on.

We had already scored one run, and he scored three to break it open.

As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously.