The first inning was pretty important. Maybe that got us going a bit. It was nice to see the guys put up some crooked numbers.

I don't think the season really begins for about two weeks. We were just getting in off the road, and that's hard enough. It takes time to get settled in at home and get comfortable.

He's amazing because he overpowers guys and still has finesse, too.

Hopefully, I can help get things rolling and start us off on the right foot here (tonight). We tend to play well at home, so hopefully that will happen.

I haven't seen us hit like that in a while. If we can do that in September and October, we'll be all right.

I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,

I made a couple mistakes and they beat me today. I felt pretty good out there. I just made a couple mistakes.

I'm ready to go. My slider is working pretty well, and that's my fourth-best pitch. It's working better for me this year.

It's nice to see where you came up from. You kind of lose track of those guys when you're up here. It's a little bit of an eye opener to go back.

They keep everyone loose. That was something I thought about when I signed back here.