Kenny was pitching well until he got hit by that line drive and he battled his way through five innings.

I don't think the game got away from Kenny. He pitched well enough to win. We just did some things and didn't help ourselves.

Two veteran pitchers surviving the heat. Kenny and Radke gave their clubs everything they had. That was impressive.

We were in a position where we needed a pitcher [Friday] who was capable of elongated innings.

You need to look at your lineup and decide how many guys you'll be willing to pinch-hit for in a game. You like to have speed on your bench, but in the AL you can have a more one-dimensional player, guys who can hold the fort and can play if one of your players is out for a couple of weeks.

We didn't make offensive changes. Pitching-wise, you bring in a legitimate front-line pitcher in Kenny Rogers and we got back one of our own from the beginning, Todd Jones, and more importantly, with the players that we had, we've got a staff that's going to be able to take us to the next level.