Kirk Saarloos Quotations

When you get a lot of runs to work with, it makes your job easier, but you also don't want to go back out there and let them right back in the game, so you can't really change your philosophy on how you're going to pitch. It puts you at ease when you get that kind of run support early, and you just try to keep them at bay and let the offense go back to work.

I came in ready to start. If they put me in the bullpen, where it looks I will be, I'll be ready.

That's when we play good. We don't make errors, we put the ball in play, and we throw strikes. That's our recipe for winning.

It's going to be fun. We're going to give it our all, give it our best shot.

My mother is the most giving person I have ever met. She's always worried about others more than she is herself. She can use this Sunday as a tool to help others. She wants to better others.

Obviously we have a couple of guys who aren't here yet so someone has to take their innings. I'm just trying to get the feel of going three or four innings.

You can't make too big of a deal out of it. But any time you play the Angels this late in the season and it means something, it's fun.

We were throwing a lot of curveballs and cutters. When you have a left-handed-dominated lineup and I throw backdoor cutters, that's a pitch that for the most part, if they don't hit it for a base hit, it's probably going to be a flyball out. ... I work so hard on the inside part of the plate with my cutter that when I do throw it on the backside, they have a tendency to hit that ball in the air, and not with authority.

We learned the game the same way and in the same style. He's made a good name for himself. It's cool to see guys come from the same place you did and see them succeed. You pull for them.

The defense was the key tonight and our offense was our offense of old. Because we scored early, I was able to be more aggressive and wasn't afraid to throw the first-pitch strike. I was able to pound the strike zone and get our guys back to the bench.