Since the time in Oakland to now he's become a different pitcher. Now he pitches. He's thinking about location. He's thinking about the count. He's thinking about working the hitter. He's not just thinking about heaving the ball as hard as he can.

I got my work in and I'm ready to go. I kept the ball down.

I definitely felt better than I felt the last couple of starts, mechanically, ... I felt like I was getting through the ball a lot better. My sinker was better, my cutter was better and my command was better.

I had pretty good sink on my fastball, my cutter was good, my breaking ball was good.

I felt like I kept the ball down in the strike zone, and that's why I was getting those ground balls,

I can control the game down in the strike zone with them and keep the ball down. It's tough to elevate when you hit a lot of ground balls.

I thought I kept the ball down in the strike zone,

We won't know what everything is like until we play in it. If the ball is going to carry, if it's not. No matter what the stadium is, you deal with it. It's going to be there for a long time.

They are a lot like our club. They take quality at-bats. They are patient and they have an idea about what they are doing and the pitcher they are facing. They've got speed. They've got some guys who can hit the ball out of the park. They have got quality guys from top to bottom, and you've definitely got to be on your game and make quality pitches to get these guys out.