I've never been ashamed of digging, clawing, scratching out a few runs if that's what we've got to do.

He took a lot of pressure off the offense. We've been scratching and clawing and couldn't get anything, and when he hit that he kind of loosened us up a little bit.

We're doing good things offensively, and that's fun.

The only frustrating thing is that we have to put our fate in other teams' hands. ... But we've put ourselves in a situation where we're in third place, and now we have to let the chips fall where they may.

I guess it's great that we have confidence in our No. 1 (pitcher). But we almost have so much confidence that we wait until the seventh inning or (later) to win.

I think that's what great teams do. Great teams that are in a groove believe they can win. The confidence level is (high). ... We just have that confidence right now. And winning breeds that sense of confidence.