We wanted to rattle him. He's looked good, but he's a rookie. So we threw a lot of different looks at him and brought a lot of pressure.

He just looks good. He looked accurate, threw the ball well, moved well. I think he was the biggest surprise there coming off this year, which was not the best.

You know he's going to throw something out there they've never seen before. You can't describe how good he is. He's seen everything and done everything.

There's no question we're going to have to do a good job against Alexander. He's the guy that makes that offense go. He's the guy we've got to stop.

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He (Carpenter) came on in relief and looked good against Cameron. He threw well in a reserve game so we figured that we would give him a look today. He certainly did a good job. I told the guys to be on their toes because he throws strikes. He's not going to hurt himself by walking too many batters. Our defense needed to be ready to get some outs and they did.