Kris Benson Quotations

Making one mistake instead of two helped me,

Of course I wanted to pitch well coming back to this city. Against a team like this I just wanted to give the team an opportunity to win the ball game. I am glad to come out with a victory.

My fastball location was terrible. As hot as their team is, you've got to make your pitches and I didn't.

I was shocked when I heard about the trade this morning, but the more I thought about it, the more excited I got.

I was telling the guys over here that was the one thing they didn't do last year: execute with runners in scoring position. But I tip my cap to the guys for executing like that.

I don't have my best stuff but I'm still winning. I'm struggling a little bit with my command.

But we're doing this just because we have the luxury of Trachs coming back. I'm not tired. My shoulder isn't bothering me.

If it wasn't me, someone else would have done it. They were saying the same thing when I signed for $2 million out of college. They were saying the same thing when I signed a $13.5 million contract after my second season. That's just the way baseball works. A week later you're the third- or fourth-highest because everyone else is getting more.

He was very passionate about anything that he did.

He's going to make a big impact on all of us.

Just one bad pitch. I tip my hat to J.T. because he hit a good 3-2 changeup. But my slider was not working well today and that's the pitch that beat me. It was supposed to be down to Feliz and it stayed up.

I think we've both kind of moved on. We realize this is a great opportunity for me.

I thought I was through having to try to hit when I got traded.

I'm hitting my spots like I should be, but they're taking too good of hacks on balls that I'm throwing up there, so there's obviously a problem with the selection I'm taking with each batter.

My body felt fine. It's not something I definitely, without a doubt needed.

We aren't the type of people that give money and disappear. We're the type of people that go out and continue to support what we do.

We are a resilient team. You've got to work through those things and come out ahead.

Pretty much just everything isn't sharp. The three pitches that I've learned this year just aren't where I need them to be, which is understandable. I'm just trying to get those pitches in as much as I can into a live situation. I've still got four or five more starts, so I'm not worried about it.

Any other ballpark, maybe it would have stayed in. Here, unfortunately, it didn't. It put me in a little bind.

This could be very good for my career. It's a great opportunity for me. I'm looking at it as a positive.

They found a hole every single time they put the bats on the ball. When I look back on it, it's definitely disappointing. I've made worse pitches and I've felt worse in games. There's nothing I can do now.

They're getting pretty good hacks at what I'm throwing up there. There's obviously a problem with my selection right now.

They have the luxury of doing it with Trachsel here. Two days is two days; it's not a whole turn. It will give me a chance chill a little bit, rest my shoulder a little bit and then come back on Sunday.

It's kind of a relief just to get it over with. It's been a tough day.

It was nice to get back to pitching decent out there, ... instead of giving the team no chance to win.

New York is just a world of its own. I knew that coming in, but you learn that a little more when you get put in the spotlight like that in a negative and undeserving way. It was a little frustrating at the time because people kind of believe what they read. For her it's been a little tough, because they kind of portray her in a negative light.

I had a nice slider tonight and I was able to elevate a few pitches on them and get fly balls.

I know it's going to be a miserable night. It's already been a miserable night. But what can we do?

In the back of my mind I wanted to come in here and throw well based on my last outing. I fell into a groove last year to start the season, then I had that chest strain. This year I've been making so-so pitches. I've got to keep working on my command and not get behind in counts, and just got to stay positive.

I think about it all the time when I'm out and about, ... but I've got a job to do. It doesn't cross my mind when I'm on the mound.

I didn't feel like going to the clubhouse that early.

The hit definitely helped my cause. It was nice to get the go-ahead run home in that situation.