The difference between being successful and not successful is where you're missing -- over the plate or off the plate. I missed over the plate too often last year.

(If he stays) healthy, he'll hit 30 homers (this year).

He stayed in tune and had a good thought process out there, and his defense was very good.

I just think things should work in our favor as far as the home-field advantage tomorrow,

In spring training, if you told us we'd be four up with seven to play, we'd all take it. So that's where we're at.

I missed over the plate too often last year.

I'm pleased with the way things went tonight, ... I made a few mistakes and the one guy hit it out of the ballpark, but for the most part, I did what I wanted to do.

I know that we're better than what we showed. We faced a lot of adversity and we were able to come back. Unfortunately, we didn't show ourselves too well in this series.

I'm sure it was a relief for my teammates and management,

Anytime you have someone that gets that kind of jump on the ball and can cover as much ground as Mike does, it's a bonus. Anytime the ball is hit in the air, you know it has a good chance of being caught.