Those games build character. When you have games like this, coming back against their closer, it gives the team a little more pep. We know we're never out of it. Our bats are not going to give up.

I'd rather have a 10-0 game because it takes the pressure off. But these (close low-scoring) games help me concentrate more. If you give up another run, you are in trouble.

We showed our character coming back. I wish we'd won tonight to make it seven games, but we got the next best thing.

These are the games you like being in, because it defines character, and it defines a champion.

Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and lost feeling. I threw two more pitches, but I didn't know where the ball was going.

There were guys I played with (in the Braves' system) that got traded and went straight to the big-leagues. Everything happens for a reason. I don't know, man. It's a crazy game. I just know something is going to catch on.