Scott Downs
Scott Downs
Scott Jeremy Downsis an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago White Sox. He has been a starter, reliever and closer during his baseball career...
depth expect five games good guys later missing playing season time winning
We're missing five starters. We need them back, but we're winning games now with guys I didn't expect to get much playing time this season and that's good for our depth later in the season.
early game glad good helps instead lets pound strong tough zone
That's a tough lineup. To get a five-spot early helps and lets you pound the zone a little bit. I got the curveball to Ortiz -- he's just a strong guy. It was a pretty good pitch, I thought, but that happens. I'm glad it was a 5-1 game instead of a 5-4 game.
against earned few games good jordan lost pitchers season wins
He should have more wins than he has. He's earned more wins, but he's been in games against very good pitchers and lost a few low-scoring games. But Jordan has been very good all season long.
everybody happy injuries pull together until whatever
I have just been happy to make whatever contribution I can to help. With the injuries you just have to pull together until we get everybody back.
great line mold offensive
He'll mold our offensive line into a great unit.
behind errors matter plays
He had some errors behind him. They were plays we should have made, but when you come back and win, it doesn't matter as much.
deserves fantastic great runs wins year
He was fantastic again. He's been great all year and deserves more wins than he has because we have not scored runs for him.
atmosphere chance fun
We have a chance to play spoilers right now. It's fun to play in an atmosphere like this.
hits
We got some big hits in big situations. Two out hits are big and we got some big ones today.
aggressive ahead battle bit felt helped pick plays sharp trying
We kind of helped them out a little bit, but that's baseball. We made the plays when we had to, ... I wasn't so aggressive when I got ahead in the count. I felt like I was trying to pick a little bit and my curveball wasn't as sharp at times. Those are the things you've got to battle through.
changed couple game hits
That was a big play because they'd had a couple of hits and the game could have changed dramatically.
gets good hard satisfied season stops works
That's why he's as good as he is. He never stops working hard at what he does. He never gets satisfied with where he is and always works to get better. That's why he's having the season he's having now.
hard
It was dark. It was getting pretty hard to see out there.
ball executing falling pitches throwing tough worry
Everything was working for me today. Right now I'm executing my pitches and throwing the ball where I want and things are falling my way. They've got a pretty tough lineup, but you worry about every lineup.