There's no excuse for Miguel or myself not to get that run in. It probably cost us the game.

Miguel is a well-respected guy in the league, and that takes a lot of pressure off us.

What we've done this spring has kind of prepared us for opening day.

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.

The main thing this year that I haven't had in the past is I hadn't had a chance to be out there every day.

Games like tonight are real frustrating, when you get great pitching like we did and only scratch two runs across.