SPOKE WITH MEREDITH AND THE MEDIA. >> Meredith: THERE IS A POINT WHERE LUGO RETIRED 17 STRAIGHT. WHAT WAS HE DOING THAT MADE HIM SO DIFFICULT TO GET TO TONIGHT? >> I THINK HE WAS MIXING UP, MIXING UP PITCHES REALLY WELL TONIGHT. HE WAS JUST POUNDING THE STRIKE ZONE. >> Meredith: HE'S CONSTANTLY AHEAD. JUST HOW DIFFICULT IS IT KNOWING HE HAS SO MUCH TO GO TO IN HIS REPERTOIRE WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE? >> I THINK IT'S -- IT'S BIG TIME FOR HIM. HE WAS POUNDING THE STRIKE ZONE, HE WAS THROWING STRIKE 1 AND STRIKE 2 TO MOST OF THE GUYS. BUT YEAH, HE'S TOUGH, WITH A GUY WHO HAS LIKE NINE PITCHES AND HE WAS SHOWING EVERY PITCH TODAY. SO HE WAS THROWING EVERYTHING, HE WAS CONFIDENT ABOUT IT, AND HE JUST KEEP US OFF BALANCE. >> Meredith: LOOKS LIKE THE ORIOLES ARE EN ROUTE TO A WIN, YOU GUYS HAVE 17 LEFT TO PLAY. NOW MOVING FORWARD, JUST HOW MUCH ARE YOU WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD AND KIND OF KEEPING UP WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING? >> WE AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. WE REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO HERE. WE TRYING TO WIN GAMES, AND NAZ ALL THAT MATTERS NOW. WE DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DICKERSON'S THEY WIN OR LOSS, GOOD FOR THEM, BUT WE FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO EVERY DAY HERE. >> Meredith: DO YOU FEEL EXTRA PRESSURE AS THE SEASON'S WINDING DOWN NOW? >> NOT AT ALL. I MEAN, WE JUST, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING REALLY GOOD BASEBALL ALL YEAR LONG, SONIC WE JUST GOTTA KEEP DOING THE SAIL THING. TRY TO RELAX, PUT OURSELF IN A GOOD SPOT TO FINISH THE SEASON WELL. >> COULD END UP FACING IN THE POSTSEASON, SO AFTER, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A GAME LIKE THIS DO YOU GUYS THINK YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE HIM GOING TOWARD OCTOBER? >> I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PLAN WHEN WE FACE HIM. IN KANSAS CITY. SO I THINK WE JUST GO BACK TO THAT GAME AND TRY TO DO THE SAME THING WE DID THERE. >> IN SPRING TRAINING WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF DOMINGUEZ? YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED WITH HIM THIS YEAR IN THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT WHEN YOU SAW HIM IN SIX WEEKS IN THE SPRING, YOUR IMPRESSIONS? >> HOW MATURE HE IS. COMING SPOT GAME, COMING TO THE FIELD EVERY DAY TO SHOW THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY AND HE'S READY TO PLAY AND SHOW EVERYBODY THAT HE CAN PLAY. >> YOU FACED LUGO BEFORE IN DIFFERENT ROLES WITH THE METS AND AS A RELIEVER, HOW MUCH HAS HIS ARSENAL CHANGED AND HOW IMPRESSIVE SIT, HOW MUCH HE'S SORT OF DEVELOPED AS A PITCHER OVER THE YEARS? >> I FEEL LIKE IT'S SINCE THE FIRST TIME I FACE HIM HE'S BEEN ADDING LIKE FOUR OR FIVE PITCHES, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN MAKING HIM BETTER AND BETTER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING OF HIM. >> AT THE PLATE JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN GENERAL? >> I'VE BEEN FEELING PRETTY GOOD, I'VE BEEN HITTING THE BALL HARD. JUST HAVEN'T FIND THE HOLES YET. BUT TODAY, I MAKE A GREAT SWING TO LEFT FIELD, AND IT JUST GOT CAUGHT. SO I'VE