I saw him pitch lights out many times against the Yankees. We have to play this stuff out. I'm just being really positive about him because I know he can do certain things. But until he gets into this new environment playing for us, you don't know that.

I saw him pitch lights out many times against the Yankees. He's always been a little up and down. He really, at times, would come in and shut the door.

The thing about Pedro is that even if he's a little bit gassed, he can make pitches for you, ... I had a feeling that against some of those young, inexperienced hitters, he'd be able to make a pitch, and he did.

It seems like what we were watching was Cy Young work. And obviously we didn't swing the bats too well against him. You can't expect to win like that.

For the most part, you hope it's a 24-hour deal. You can't guard against it. It happens all the time. We're like family ? everyone talking together, spitting ...

You can't expect to win games against tough teams if you don't execute.

It's nice to see him kind of even things out 'cause he's struggled against them in the past.

It seemed like all we were watching was Cy Young work. Obviously, we didn't swing the bats too well against him, so you can't expect to win like that. We've got to see if we can get something going, get out of this little funk we're in and finish up strong the rest of the trip.