Brandon Webb

It felt good. It's good to get back out there and throw against hitters that actually don't know what's coming.

I thought it was down and away, but he ended up getting under it and shooting it to center. I thought it was a decent pitch. I haven't seen it on the replay yet.

I wanted to finish it up. Getting the two runners on, it was a good time to let Valverde come in and get his work in. I knew it was probably time. I really wanted to finish the game and get the CG, but didn't happen. I'll get it.

I was not on at all mechanically, not very sound, ... I was saying before the game, 'This is the day I will probably go out and throw a no-hitter.' The last time in the bullpen, my stuff was some of my better stuff.

I made my pitches when I had to, and that's what counts, ... There were a couple times when I made some good pitches and the guys made some good plays behind me to get me out of it.

Oh, yeah. We've been playing the best we have all year pitching-wise, hitting-wise and putting enough on the board to win. We rolled off seven in a row and won 10 out of 11.

I like it. It's going to be a little bit different last year and obviously what it was the last couple of years. But I'm excited to get it started with these guys. I'm anxious to see how we mesh together. We had a real good staff last year that got along real well.

There are a lot of guys battling for that last spot and that's how it's been the last few years. There are many guys that are well-qualified to fit that role. I think it should be a strength for us.

I'm ready to take the challenge on. I'm excited to get that opportunity to start on Opening Day.

I left the ball to Ward out over the middle of the plate, ... He hammered the thing. It was well-struck. But it was only one mistake and a solo home run, which is not going to beat you, usually.

I'm very excited about that, no doubt. Losing Royce (Clayton) was a loss. I liked having him behind me at short with that defense of his. But Orlando is going to be as good, if not better, than what we had last year.

I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work ahead and get all my pitches in. I mainly throw fastballs, and I worked on location today.