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He's been pitching better, but tomorrow is going to be a big one. You don't want to say 'must win,' but we need this one tomorrow. Hopefully, he'll come out on top of his game.

He's been part of one of the great pitching legacies in baseball.

He's been on fire. We've been facing good pitching and the kids have been competing. That's all I ask for. We've been swinging the bat well. It was nice to see us get some two-out hits.

He's been a great help to me, just being so young and pitching and the things that he's taught me each and every day I go out there.

Hopefully, the pitching will be as good as we think it will be, but we've still got to go out and prove ourselves. Most of these guys played over the summer. We worked hard last year getting to this point.

We have to be concerned with ourselves. We have to take care of what we have to take care of. We haven't played awful. But we haven't had everything over the last couple weeks, where we're pitching well and hitting well at the same time. They've kind of alternated a little bit.

We looked like a team tonight. It's the first time we have had our whole lineup out there and, yeah, the pitching was solid.

We looked for durability and consistency. In today's game, 200 innings is the benchmark that defines consistency and durability. The inherent value is that it takes you directly from the starters to the back end of your bullpen. It allows you to bypass the more unpredictable parts of the pitching staff.

We made the decision in that game that we were going to use some different pitchers. Matthew really learned a lot about pitching today.

I actually find baseball kind of boring. It's not my life. Pitching is something I enjoy doing and I'm probably going to get a lot of people that are a little chapped at me for saying that, but just don't take it the wrong way.

I actually enjoy pitching here. It's a nice place. I like the park. The mound is good. If you start concerning yourself with that short wall in left, the next thing you know, you go away from your game. They still have got to hit it out there.

He was on again tonight. I don't know if he was quite up to snuff because I've been pitching him (a lot), but he threw well again. That's what we needed.

He was one of our top pitching recruits last year. He's had a few relief outings and struggled some. We know he has potential, but it's a mind thing with him. He needs to gain confidence at this level.

He was pitching great, ... He doesn't need any more runs than that.

He was pitching against a team that was very focused and I thought they did a real good job of hitting the pitches where they were thrown. They didn't come out of their shoes on anything and kept a very, very solid base,

He was fun to catch; he was pitching more than just throwing the ball, ... It really takes a lot to want to come back. When you want to come back, you work hard and do the things you're supposed to do to come back. It takes a lot.

He was dynamite, he had it all. His fastball, he threw a good breaking-ball, then his change-up. He threw from behind in the count. He's pitching beyond his age, that's for sure.

He's pitching with a lot of confidence now, and that's part of why he's performing the way he is. His command is better, and hitters can't just sit on a certain pitch.

He's pitching like a senior with leadership. We didn't give him much support, but we gave him enough.

He's pitching like a man on a mission on the mound.

He's pitching himself into a position where he may not have the chance unless it's in New Orleans. That's what he's doing.

He's pitching high school ball, but he really has that college and professional mentality. He is such a competitor on that mound.

He's pitching as well as he did three years ago, maybe better.

He's pitching as well as anyone we have this spring. He's throwing harder than he did when we got him last spring.

He's pitching as good right now as he probably has in the last few years. It's just been a tremendous boost to the franchise, to the team, to the city. He's just lifted everybody's spirits.

He's pitching as good as he ever has.

I actually think there is as much depth in pitching as we've ever had in the county.

He did on the mound today what he's been doing all year. He's locked in, pitching very well. He gets ahead of the hitters and makes pitches when he has to. He did a great job today. He pitched a great game.

He didn't have command of his pitches like in other games, but he battled and pitched well in tough situations. It was a hard-fought pitching victory for Donnie. He battled and came through with key outs when we needed it, despite not having real good command of his pitches.

He'd be good anywhere, but I think he'd be real good for the Marlins with those young pitchers. Joe knows how to handle a staff, and the first thing he'll do is get himself a good pitching coach he knows and trusts.

He'd be a great addition to the pitching staff here, ... a couple of bowls of gumbo.

He'd be a great addition to our pitching staff, and if I get a chance to talk to him, I'm sure I'll talk to him, ... Maybe I'll give him a couple bowls of gumbo.

He kept sending somebody to the (scorer's) table, and I kept shaking him off. It was like a pitching coach calling a fastball and I wanted to throw the curve.

He just didn't have the feel for pitching that he normally has. I think the red flag was up when he starts walking people and getting behind in a lot of counts.

Guys took their place and did a terrific job with the bats and we were pitching well. We don't have Scott back, but we have Larry and Reggie back. Both of those guys can handle a bat, so you don't push as much with them as you would with some of the other guys.

(Grilli) did an outstanding job. I couldn't be happier. I'm sure he's very happy. He did a great job tonight. He had a good curveball tonight. Normally when he's pitching well, it's working for him. He threw it for strikes.

This was a great day for our pitching staff. They really worked together today. We got timely hitting today which was something we didn't get last weekend against Arkansas. We played hard today and that was nice to see going into our series with Florida because Louisville is very similar to them.

This was our first game, and we had not seen live pitching coming in. I thought as the night went on that we grew in our pitch selection for hitting.

Kevin has been pitching great all year long. We also played some great defense behind him.

Kenny Williams showed me on paper what the makeup of this team would be like. I always know that from being around this game, pitching and defense wins,

Kenny was pitching well until he got hit by that line drive and he battled his way through five innings.

Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked the pitching chart yet, but I don't think he threw more than 80 or 90 pitches, if he threw that. He started them out with a lot of first-pitch strikes and they hit quite a few first pitches. When he throws from the same arm slot, he gets the ball over.

Jacob pitched a really good game for us today. He was throwing pretty hard. If he can keep pitching like that, we'll be in good shape.

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Katie did much better in that game. Her pitching has really picked up the last few games.

Katie can be used anywhere for us. Her pitching is coming around and we'll need to work her in a bit to get her ready to take over there next year.

Just looking at our pitching you've got to think you're going to be in games. Plus we have a lot of returning defensive players. So pitching and defense are certainly two areas I consider us to be above average.

Jose seems to understand the great opportunity he's been given here. And the bottom line is, I want to make sure I have the pitching to support all of the offense we've added. That remains the top priority.

Jose has been key to our depth at catcher. He has developed a good rapport with our pitching staff.

Joey will be ready to play. He's a tough kid. The hand might be a little tender for a while and it could give him a little trouble when he grips the bat, but it's not broken. And it's not his pitching hand.

Josh just kept them off-balanced. We're very excited about his pitching performance tonight.

John has been a productive member of our pitching staff since his 2002 rookie season. We are thrilled to reach this multi-year agreement with him.

John has been an integral part in the success of our pitching staff. We look forward to another impressive season from him.

I suspected that after Deal or No Deal became a hit, every company in the world would be gathering up formats and pitching shows to the networks. We felt we had a limited window of opportunity. So rather than wait for a show to be created in Holland or another country and slowly make its way around the world, we wanted to specifically develop shows for the United States.

I think it helped that our offense was aggressive from the start and our pitching has just slammed the door in their faces when we've gotten ahead in this series.

It came down to starting pitching and we didn't get any and we didn't make the plays. I'm as frustrated as I've even been with the starting pitching. We have had one quality start in the last eight games and that will not get it done.

It always comes down to pitching and defense. We hit some balls good but right at some people. The three-run inning just sort of took us out of it. In the end, it's a game we didn't win and the big offense is going to have to show up tomorrow.

It always comes down to pitching and defense. If we keep pitching well (3.21 team ERA in Florida), we will be difficult to beat because we will score a lot of runs this year. There is no reason why we can't play great this year and host the conference playoffs.

I think it's just stumbling out of the box from a pitching standpoint. We just have to get some confidence back. It's just executing, that's about it.

It could be a long season if we have something unfortunate happen to one of those guys. Or if one of them decides to do something stupid. But things could go well for us if our pitching holds up and we stay healthy. The bottom line is we have a good pitching staff.

I tip my hat to Janine for going out there and pitching her heart out. I want to focus on her and her guts. She had the will to go out there and pitch. It's a tough spot for her.

I think the key to today's win really falls to Glen Simon . He kept us in the game until we could get our offense going. The two things that were really key for us were Glen pitching as well as he did and Jack getting that clutch hit.

I think the key is going to be pitching and defense. Our defense is something that needs to be tightened up.

I think the pitching situation is a huge, huge difference. But I also think the youth of that team is an asset. We had a lot of guys with a lot of scars on them.

I think that Gil will be pitching for us again this year; that's my expectation. But the idea is to get him 100 percent healthy. There's no need to rush.

I thought a lot about that (Wednesday) night, thinking about pitching to the Yankees. It was just like pitching another game to another team, except they had a lot of stars over there. Overall, I felt pretty good.

I think you always want to have more pitching. There's a lot of things to fill and you have to kind of prioritize and I think pitching always wins.

I think the Gold Glove is more than just stats. I look at how defense affects the pitching staff.

I was encouraged by our hitting and pitching today. We had a couple of poor defensive mistakes, but we put the ball in play and pitched well. We just had a couple of defensive lapses, which may not have been the reason we lost, but certainly contributed.

It is so comfortable when you play at home. You have your own locker room and your own routine. It's tough to play on the road. You win on the road with good pitching, a good starting pitching performance. That is what we did not get last weekend in two out of three games. That's the difference. It allows our young kids to relax a little bit and just play.

I thought we did a better job adjusting to her pitching (Sunday). Saturday she totally had our number.

I thought we played them very well. We had great pitching and hit the ball well at times. We could have used more timely hits.

I thought we got a heroic effort out of Peter and Newman, in particular -- they just willed themselves to the victory. And the other guys were pitching in and doing what they could do to get this done.

I thought we did well against a good pitching performance by them. We just made some mistakes, and when you make mistakes in a close game, it ends up hurting you.

I thought the kids played really well. We hit the ball really well played great defense and our pitching was good.

I thought the Cardinals were going to be hard-pressed to duplicate what they did last year and they did duplicate it. We are a different club and we are probably not offensively as potent as we were last year. ... We are probably a little stronger in the pitching department and probably a little weaker in the offense department. I don't know how that's going to work out.

I think we're a little deeper this year. Our pitching is a little bit more solid now, from top to bottom.

I think we're going to compete, but to be honest, when I look at pitching, I think Venezuela has an edge. They have a clear edge on the pitching side.

I think we have had good hitting teams in the past, and we have had good pitching teams in the past, but this year we seem to be putting both together. Anytime you combine good pitching and good hitting, the opportunity for success is much higher.

I think we have a very strong team. It's just a matter of our players getting confidence playing together. We have a lot of players in new positions so it will take some time to get everything together. We'll rely on our pitching early on; that's definitely our strength.

I think we played well today. Pitching and defense was immaculate today. All three guys that got on the bump were outstanding.

I thought pitching would be a strong point this season, but it's being hindered by the errors. Since we're making so many we're having to throw more pitches than we should be throwing.

I thought our pitching was pretty good today. The Angels have a good team but we pitched well, hit pretty well and defensively played well. That one lapse in the sixth inning hurt us, obviously.

I thought our pitching staff was pretty good last year. Any time you can add a guy like Weaver, it definitely adds to your depth.

I thought our pitching and defense carried us in this game. Pedro not only led us at the plate, but made some good defensive plays at third as well.

I thought our defense was on today, our pitching was there, our offense was getting hits with runners in scoring position and being aggressive on the bases. Scoring in the first inning also was huge for us. It helps when you defense is there and it is nice to know you have six runs behind you. It was a nice start to the weekend.

I think we're strong all around. Pitching and defense will be our strength again with Courtney and eight other girls coming back.

I think we're ready to go. We've spent the last 15 games getting a consistent lineup, and our pitching has been very good. The defense has been good, now we need to get the offense on the same level, and I think coming home will help that. We're all glad to be home.

I think we've got a good club. I think we're going to have a good offensive club. Potentially, we've got some really good starting pitching and good arms in the bullpen. It's a good-looking club.

I think we saw the result of not pitching in a game. Even at that, they only got two hits off him. But he was behind a lot of hitters and threw a lot of pitches.

I think it's wide open, but you have to look at Pitman as the favorite. You look at their pitching for one and they lost like only one starter. Toward the end of the year they were playing as well as anyone in the Valley.

I think it's very safe to say that Ryan is not a finished product defensively. I also feel that, when you look at a major-league baseball team that has 25 active members and half of that is your pitching staff, it's pretty imperative that that stuff back there behind the plate gets taken care of.

I think it's the best our pitching staff has been since I've been here, in over a year-and-a-half.

It got to point to where I felt like it was such a great organization and we had a lot of pitchers come through. That's what you're looking for as pitching guy is people to work with. We sent a lot of guys to the big leagues.

It had to be tough pitching against (his former teammates). He showed me something how he did.

I think those two are very good pitching prospects who don't get the recognition they deserve. Both have a tremendous feel for pitching.

I think this year we're going to have to focus more on our defense. Our pitching is strong, but not as strong as it was last year.

I think that's what's a little bit of a change. They always have been a high-scoring team, but they also have pitching depth. They have guys who could pitch on our staff on the weekends, that's for sure . . . and they have guys on defense making plays.

I think we're one of the better clubs around here. We're hitting the ball as well as anybody. I think we can play defense with any club out there. It's just if our pitching comes along. That will make us very, very solid.

I think we're in good shape for the rest of this series, pitching-wise. I'm hoping I won't even have to use the bullpen tomorrow night (tonight) with (Grant) Dorn and Can (Oil Can Boyd) pitching for us.