They've been awesome this whole series. They've taken us deep into games and all pitched well. They stepped up in this series.

This was a good series for us, ... We could have very easily taken all four. We have two months to go. We know where San Diego is, we know where the Dodgers are. We haven't had a good run yet, this was a good start for us.

Putting two games back to back where we played well actually says a lot. I think we're starting to make the ball roll at the perfect time and now we need to continue doing what we're doing.

We've had a plan to win five games after the season was over, and we've got two. So we're just looking for three more, one at a time.

That's a good position to be in. They're gonna be tough games, but we have them at home.

I was an outfielder, and I was a huge Ken Griffey Jr. fan. In Little League, the team I played for was the Mariners, and I wore No. 24.