Jake Westbrook Quotes (25 Quotes)

It seemed like if I left the game winning, I got the win, and if I left the game losing, I got the loss.

I felt like I made a decent pitch, and he went down and got it. But it was a solo home run, so it wasn't a big deal at the time.

Our goal is to win series. We weren't going to be able to do that unless we won today.

We'll definitely come out (today) with the same fire and intensity we've had during this whole run. First and foremost, we have to take care of ourselves and hope we get some help.

The way I look at it is that I kept us in a lot of games. But it is kind of weird to have a record with that many wins and losses.

I guess it's kind of a not-give-up attitude, ... We've bounced back.

Our mind-set has been to win every series from here on out. To do that, we have to win tomorrow.

You got a guy like him, who's as hot as he is, and he's still hitting sixth (in the batting order). That tells you a little bit about their lineup.

That play he made behind second, I thought he had no chance to even get to the ball, and he turned it into an out,

We can't worry about that until the end.

I made a good pitch, ... just not good enough.

When I got traded, (deals) had become part of the game for me. ... (The Yankees) make a lot of deals toward the trading deadline to improve their club and they did improve it with Justice that year.

I just thought, 'This is what you do, get ground balls. Here and there, I felt good. I battled, the defense was great and our bullpen did what they always do.

That's just a bad pitch. You can't make a mistake like that against a good-hitting team.

I started off slow this year but I thought I pitched well,

I got a little carried away and tried too hard to make my ball move, and made some mistakes that cost us the game.

C.C.'s the leader, our No. 1 guy. After that, we've got a good mix, pitchers who will compete every time out.

Kevin never let a bad inning get to him. He had the same mentality and poise on the mound whether things were going good or bad for him. You knew he wasn't going to get rattled. You don't win an ERA title by giving up a lot of runs. Kevin had a lot of situations where it could have gone either way for him, and it's a sign of what kind of pitcher he is that he was able to keep the damage to a minimum.

They're a good hitting team. I got a little carried away with trying to make my ball move too much and trying to throw too hard. You can't make mistakes against a team like the Tigers.

I'm pretty proud of that. To have a 2-9 record and come back and be 15-14. You can't ever hang your head.

It's a bad time for things not to be going our way,

I just got behind on Swisher, ... I put one down the middle and he took care of it.

Any time your down in the zone like I am, it's gotta go somewhere. I feel like I finish in a pretty good position to field. It's just kind of reaction, really.

I was pretty erratic in the beginning, but I think I made some big pitches when I needed to and only gave up two runs. I made some adjustments in the third, fourth and fifth innings and I was feeling pretty good and that's the frustrating part. We just have to put the day behind us and come out again tomorrow.

He's been throwing the ball well and he's a very good pitcher and he did a very good job.