8 Quotes by John Koronka

I wish I could have had it back. I made one mistake that cost us.

I didn't want to walk him, so I threw him a batting-practice fastball and tried to keep it down ... change his bat speed. It was probably a little more up than I wanted it to be.

My command was OK, most of all I was just trying to be too perfect. I was trying to hit the corners and was just missing. I felt pretty good in the bullpen and I thought I could do something, things that really didn't work out as I planned. I just had to bear down and make pitches and get out of certain situations.

There's a big emphasis here on going after hitters. The worst thing you can do as a pitcher is get yourself into a jam with unnecessary walks.

It's huge when your offense gives you a huge lead. It calms you down and you can go right after the hitters.

It was more of getting a rhythm and getting strike one. Getting strike one on a hitter makes it easier. I was pounding the fastball in there, keeping it down on the inner half and the outer half.

It was not like all of a sudden I was going to throw off-speed pitches behind in the count. I've got to stay with my fastball.

I came out, threw the first fastball down for a strike and stayed with it. I was just happy to do it for the team and glad we got a W before going to Oakland.