It was the type of play I thought would energize us. But again, we kept on swinging and missing.

I felt Kip had given us all he had. Torres was a better option for us in that situation. It had nothing to do with getting the ball up or pitch count. It's just what I saw.

Chris Twitty hit some huge free throws for us, obviously. I thought our defense stepped up in the fourth quarter and did some good things.

I'm sure (rust) factored in. His breaking stuff was not as sharp tonight. He has pitched very sparingly as of late. That all comes into play.

Won, 15-13, on a last-second field goal,

Mr. [Dave] Littlefield extended that opportunity, ... That gave me an opportunity to grow as a manager and as a man.