Dave Bush Quotations

Occasionally you walk a couple of guys and it doesn't really get that bad, ... Once you walk three guys and hit a guy, you're probably not staying in there much longer.

Obviously, every run counted, ... Any number of those runs that doesn't score, it's a different game for us. I'm frustrated because I never really got going -- never really found a groove, never consistently threw a lot of strikes.

I don't have anything they don't know about. Mostly it's pounding the strike zone, keeping the ball down and trying to stay out of patterns.

I came within one batter of getting out of a pretty tough jam.

I felt good. I was working down (in the strike zone) and mixed my pitches, which is what I have to do.

I did a pretty good job of staying on top of the ball and keeping it down. I felt pretty good.

I was kind of thinking I just have to settle down, keep throwing strikes, just because of a run in the first inning I can't come out of the game plan. I feel like I've executed fairly well against them.

I think it's been great. No problem at all. All the guys are really easy to get along with. I kind of slid right in.

I threw a lot of strikes. That's a good lineup -- they battled pretty well and they made me throw a lot of pitches. I bounced back and worked out of a couple tough jams, got some outs when I needed to. I'll take those things out of it.

I think today kind of typified (his season). Not great, runs early in the game hurt me all year, gave up some today. Home runs have hurt me all year, that's how they scored two of their runs. There are times I got on a roll but never for more than a few starts in a row. That's probably the most frustrating part.

Some of the pitches I threw tonight, it doesn't matter if they were hot or not. Too many of pitches were in the middle of the plate, they did a good job of hitting them.

That and the double play in the second (after walking the first two batters) were the two biggest situations I had in the game,

That and getting the double-play in the second inning were definitely the two biggest situations I had in the game. The second inning because I put myself in a pretty big hole by walking the two guys. But the eighth inning was what earned me the win.

The defense has been excellent in all four games.

You go through ups and downs. I had a lot of success early last year and didn't really get this side of it,

We did a great job of using all 27 of our outs to score runs today, ... Sometimes you score early and sometimes late, but either way we had enough today.

I've been feeling good. I think I've made some mechanical adjustments that have really helped me out.

On the whole, not very good. I think today kind of typified it,

After the first inning, with the three hits bunched together, I felt pretty good. I was mixing my pitches a little bit better, throwing strikes,

It wasn't the wrong pitch (fastball), it was the wrong location.

It was definitely one of my best. I mostly had good command. I was throwing strikes.

It was a situation I didn't handle too well and everyone knows that. There were some adjustments I had to make physically and mentally and it probably all factored into (the demotion).

It was a situation I didn't handle too well and everyone knows that, ... There were some adjustments I had to make physically and mentally and it probably all factored into (the demotion).

It took a lot of pressure off, certainly.

Anytime you put up that kind of number, it just lets everyone relax a little bit and just kind of play off the game. It takes a little bit of the pressure off, certainly.

I learned a lot of lessons I would have preferred not to learn. It's a tough game, there are up and downs. Most guys go through some struggles, I'm not alone in that regard. But the guys who stick around longest are the guys who make adjustments quickest.

I have no problem being outduelled in a pitchers' battle. (Kazmir) was one run better than me today. There's not a whole lot to feel sorry for or disappointed about. A couple of singles and a sac fly scored a run. It's not too often that just that is going to beat you.

I just controlled both sides of the plate, changed speeds here and there, and expanded the zone when I needed to. Mostly, I just had better command tonight.

I put myself in position to win. It doesn't always work out for you. The biggest thing to do is keep making my pitches to stay in there. I knew going in it would be tough to score against Kazmir.

I appreciate what he's doing because I know how hard it is.

I came into spring training to try to win a job, so I had to be ready to go.

The key for me to actually getting a win was getting out of that eighth inning. We did a good job of using all 27 of our outs this game.

The eighth inning is what really earned me the win,