He was throwing strikes with his off-speed pitches. That is fine the first few times through the order. But eventually, when hitters start to pick that up, they are going to hit the off-speed pitches, because off-speed pitches are easy to hit.
He was throwing strikes, that's the thing. You try to be patient, but if he's throwing strikes with it, you find yourself in the hole.
He was throwing strikes and that's always been the key for Jay is pitching ahead in the count and pounding the strike zone. That's what he did. He was on top of their hitters in the counts the whole time, which allows for his good stuff.
He was throwing strikes and still bringing it; changing speeds, and he did a great job working ahead. They had a couple good hits against him, but it was an outstanding performance.
He was throwing really hard today. He had his good changeup. He missed too often with high fastballs, but that's just overthrowing.
He was throwing pretty well. He got himself in trouble a little bit with hitting the lead-off batter. Passed ball, then boom-boom.
He was throwing me everything up there. He had great stuff. I was just trying to put the ball in play and fight some stuff off. His ball was moving all over the place. He was tough today. We were very fortunate to win this game.
He was throwing lazy jabs at me with his chin up. I stepped in with my jab and fired a right hook, then a straight left and it landed on the button.
He was throwing his off-speed real well, changeups, curveballs. This is a fastball-hitting team. You?re not going to get too many fastballs by this team. He basically threw his off-speed well and spotted up his fastball when he needed to spot up his fastball.
He was throwing his curve ball for a strike and getting ahead in the count. They put together that big inning and did a good job defensively.