Aaron Cook
Aaron Cook
five hat kinda pitching tip tough work
I kinda made it tough on them, pitching only five innings. I tip my hat to them, they had to do a lot of work tonight.
balls both errors exact explain eye harder hit last maybe percent plays spot spring took training work
Both of the errors hit on the exact same spot on my glove, right on my thumb. We work on that every day in spring training and we get balls hit a lot harder than those two were. The only way I can explain it is that maybe I took my eye off it at the last second, because those plays should be made 100 percent of the time.
blown days definitely eight gone offense ourselves park pick produce runs team work
It's just one of those days. The offense didn't produce today, but I've gone out there those days where I've had seven, eight runs to work with and blown that. It's definitely a team effort. We've got to pick ourselves up and come back to the park (today).
blew eight games runs scholars-and-scholarship team work
I've been in games where I had seven, eight runs to work with and blew that. This is a team effort.
advantage again hundred looking rest run saved season situation time today work
That's just a situation where you're looking to take advantage of their aggressiveness. One time in a hundred it may work and today it saved us a run right there. It may not work again the rest of the season but it did today.
bit face few guys helps hitters tv work
These guys are all better hitters than we're going to face in the season, so it helps me work on a few things. You see these guys on TV and you really want to get them out, but they're a little bit better than me.
accomplish face game
When I face a left-handed lineup, it narrows down what I have to accomplish in that game. It simplifies my game plan.
kept mixed
I went after them with my sinker and mixed in some sliders and changeups. I kept them off balance.
good seemed talking
(Wells) doesn't have the same thing I had, but it was still good talking to him. He seemed pretty comfortable with his situation.
individual needed pick team together
We needed to pick it up. We needed to come together as a team and find some team chemistry, not just be individual players.
father guys hurts looks seeing struggles tough
It's been aggravating for me at times going through struggles and seeing other guys go through struggles. I know that's got to be tough on him. I think sometimes he looks at us as a father sometimes will look at a son. When we don't succeed, sometimes it hurts him more than it hurts us.
compete doctors knew matter nine time
Once the doctors told me I was healthy, I knew it was just a matter of time before I was able to get back out there and compete for nine innings. I knew I would be back.
compete learned needed pitch slower strikes throw velocity
I learned how to pitch better and how to compete better. I had a little slower velocity and learned how to throw my change-up for strikes when I needed to. That was a big help. It was something that I needed to go through.
bad ball build cost couple felt key next overall
I made a couple of bad pitches, got the ball up and cost us a couple of key runs, but overall I felt pretty good, felt strong. Hopefully, I can take this, build off of it and take this to the next game.