The first inning was good. I walked a couple of guys and it kind of got in my head. I was thrown off a little bit.

These guys pinned their ears back and got after it. I kind of challenged these guys before we walked out there. I said, 'Let's make a name for ourselves on defense. Our offense has just been so great over the last few years. People say this defense is not comparable, but this was a first step to disproving that.

Typically guys have been a little erratic with their command in their first appearances. After the first inning he got the ball down. He was free and easy, just tremendous.

This wasn't my team tonight. We got a couple strikeouts in the first inning and scored two runs. We were pretty excited after the first inning.

She had a couple jams early, but they didn't hit her hard. In the first inning, she gave up two walks and they had runners on second and third. But, definitely, her pitches weren't missing by much.

That's why I was shaking my head as I walked away.