Gary McClure Quotes (10 Quotes)

Rowdy threw an exceptional game. He was in command the whole game, and they had only a few hits that fell in for them.

That's the way it should be, obviously. He is one of the best to ever pitch in this league. That goes without saying. He's done it in less than three years now. I don't know what you can say about the guy. He's an excellent pitcher, done a great job, gets the most out of his ability and he's a competitor. What more can you ask for.

I thought our bullpen competed today. I like the way our bullpen came out today behind and instead of letting it compound, they stopped it. We brought guys in with runners in scoring position and they got us out of it and that's how we won the game.

This is a weekend where we want to go out and let a couple of guys prove that they can be the guy who can step up into that other starting role for us. We're going to wait with Shawn and Rowdy (until next week). So they are going to get the opportunity and we'll see how guys respond.

Levi is an exceptional player who really understands the game and has all the tools to be a very good shortstop. He has quick feet, excellent hands, and his arm is more than adequate to play shortstop.

Brad (Daniel) got the save yesterday (Saturday). And we told him with the start today (Sunday) to go out and give us what you could for as long as he could. And for him to go into the eighth inning and give up only one run was a gutsy, tough performance on his part.

Gunter had a nice outing. I think he's a little more comfortable out of the stretch, but he had great stuff today and shut them down after we scored.

You don't like anybody to beat you too much. I don't have a long memory. And as an athlete, you can't have too long of a memory. You've got to move on. I can sure remember last year though, because we played two of our worst games against them. ... But it's good to bounce back and get a win tonight. It's good to beat a good club.

I'm proud of the guys and the way that battled today. Kane continues to hit the ball and get on base and Tommy (Smith) found a way to get us the lead.

We have had problems at times not putting teams away. But today we got the lead and kept putting runs on the board to put some distance between us on the scoreboard.