After the first couple of innings, I started getting ahead of the hitters and was able to do a good job.
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I had been trying to aim the ball a bit. So I just threw as hard as I could. I wasn't worrying about trying to make a perfect pitch. I just wanted to throw it in the strike zone and give them a different speed. It was very effective.Mike Maroth
I think I was feeling a bit for my pitches in the first two innings. I started letting a couple pitches go a little bit later, and it helped out a lot. I was able to throw a couple harder than normal. It makes your offspeed stuff more effective. I don't know if my arm loosened up or what.
Mike Maroth
I was leaving a lot of balls over the plate. I pretty much did what you don't want to do as a pitcher. It seemed like I was getting behind hitters, and when I did get ahead, I wasn't able to put them away.
Mike Maroth
He's gotten the blame for a lot of things that really aren't his fault. But that's the way it is. Usually the blame falls on the manager or the head coach in sports. I guess you're looking for a change when things aren't going the way you like them.
Mike Maroth
The bottom line is you go out there to win -- team wins, not individual wins. They've been helping me out.
Mike Maroth
I've been getting a lot of runs. They've been scoring a lot of runs for me. They picked me up several times,
Mike Maroth
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