Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.

The cutter has really helped me stay in the game longer and helped me get past the five, six innings a little more consistently.

Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.

At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day.

When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.

I think he was getting better as the game progressed. Seven real good innings.