I don't give in, (so I) throw fastballs in the zone and make him hit it. I figured if I can start a slider a little bit out off the plate that he'd give up on it, and (I) was able to do it. And it came back over the plate for a strike.
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I knew in that inning I needed a quick out. With a man on first and second and no outs, I needed a double play there to face the last guy with just a man on third and not give him a whole lot to hit. It worked out great. I took some of their aggressiveness to my benefit.
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I thought we had good chances. I always thought we had a good chance when I was pitching and it was 4-0.
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Eventually, it's going to come to an end, if you play long enough. I didn't really have a breaking pitch the whole night. I had to pitch with the fastball, and I didn't really get it where I wanted to, either. So it could have been easily a lot worse.
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