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...
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.
hits
We got some big hits in big situations. Two out hits are big and we got some big ones today.
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.
amount played system
The system will be new to everybody. Right now, we don't have a quarterback that has played any significant amount of time.
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.
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.
atmosphere chance fun
We have a chance to play spoilers right now. It's fun to play in an atmosphere like this.
blue win
It's my first win as a Blue Jay, it's exciting.
compete consistent game leagues level proved starter
It was an important game for me. I think it proved I could be starter in the big leagues and it proved that I could compete at the big-league level on a consistent basis.
fortunate game team
It was a battle. I was fortunate enough to keep the team in the game while I was in there.
hard
It was dark. It was getting pretty hard to see out there.
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.
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.