"A lot of near-misses. A lot of bad pitches in bad spots. The Bauers homer, trying to go down away and miss up in. The Turang miss (a second-inning triple) was not good enough. Just frustrating. Not getting ahead kind of the way I'm accustomed to and then even at certain times getting ahead and going 0-2 (to) 3-2 a few times. Stuff to clean up, stuff to figure out."
"Just from the eye test, he was out of sync tonight. I think his throw was inconsistent, and obviously the delivery was inconsistent. He didn't get 'Strike one' very often tonight. He was working behind hitters, and then you're trying to find your way back into counts. It's hard to live like that. I think you see, he's still searching."
"I feel closer than I did a couple months ago. But at the end of the day, there's a standard we need to recognize and work towards."
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