Chris Capuano Quotations

I always want to do well, ... I don't have any animosity toward the Diamondbacks. They were always a class organization. They let me finish school before I started pitching. They gave me every opportunity to succeed.

I felt physically OK, ... I fell behind some hitters, and that usually is a recipe for giving up some runs.

I didn't have good command of my pitches. I wanted to pound the strike zone and I go 2-0 to the first guy. But it doesn't mean anything. Physically, no pain no problem. That was the biggest thing.

Getting ahead of hitters and throwing a lot more strikes early in the count has been the biggest difference.

I was just so proud of how the team battled, really unbelievable. I didn't pitch well, but I can't feel bad the way the team played behind me and the bullpen came in and shut the door.

I was having a little trouble keeping the ball down to Andruw Jones.

It felt good to have a low-scoring game, a clean game played with good defense. Our offense carried over from last night.

That was huge. We have to believe in each other, and to do that, things like that have to happen.

That was a sloppy inning. Take it away, and maybe we win.

That was the only thing I did well.

That was no doubt the biggest moment of the game. I was so happy to see him get out of that.

When you give up and lay one in there is when you get hurt the most, ... It just so happens I was able to make pitches when it counted.

There is no substitute for facing live pitching. When you go against the machine or the coaches, it's just not the same.

Every day I try to ask him a new phrase in Japanese. Like, 'What are you doing tomorrow?' or, 'How are you?' I'm not even close to ever speaking it or reading it fluently. But I know some basic phrases.

Early in the year we lost Ben for a while (to an inner-ear ailment) and as a pitching staff we picked up the slack pretty well, ... So this time we just got together and said, 'Hey, we've got to do the same thing here.'

Early in the game, I established trying to get ahead (in the count) throwing my fastball down and away. When you show that to them, it makes them more aggressive. Then, you can use it against them later in the game.

I've been throwing pretty good for location. I've been throwing more between starts and that helps out with location and making it easier to pitch.

I've said it before: For me, personally, and the team, there were enough positive things that happened this year to build on for next year. We should all go home and feel proud about what we did.

It was tough. I was trying to establish that inside part of the plate. If I can get in there for strikes, I'm usually pretty successful. I don't know if they were missing by a couple inches or what, but I just couldn't nail that inside corner like I usually do.

It seems like we've been scoring a lot of runs in my starts. Even when I haven't pitched well, we've been able to find ways to win.

It's the same with the Latin guys. It's always nice when someone speaks your native language, and you get to know guys a lot better.

It's going to happen sometimes. And sometimes I'm going to give up five and they're going to score seven.

It's nice to end this trip on a positive note. We love playing at home.

It's nice that we're going home. This was a terrible series for us all around. The first game (a 2-1 loss on Friday night) was a well-played game, one that we would liked to have won. Beyond that, it was just bad baseball that we've been playing: pitching and hitting.

After the sixth inning I was overwhelmed on the bench, just so proud of how everyone played. It was so impressive.

I'm very happy to have the win and the runs, but it was a tough game to pitch in the sense that there were a lot of long innings,

I'm certainly not happy with the way I pitched, ... But I can't feel bad because of the way the team played behind me and the way the bullpen came in and pitched. It's just an all-around great feeling for the team

I just kind of gave in and threw him a fastball down the middle. The second one was a slider that was supposed to be down and I just left it up.

I didn't pitch very well tonight, but my teammates really picked me up ... I can't feel bad because we won. But I know I have to pitch better next time out.

A lot has gone right, so far, ... I've gotten a lot of support from my teammates.