WITH SCHMIDT AND CORTES. LET'S HEAR FROM WELLS ABOUT THE PITCHING. >> Meredith: STARTING WITH CLARKE WAS STOOD OUT ABOUT HIS STUFF THIS AFTERNOON? >> YEAH, HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH A LIMITED PITCH COUNT, HE GOT INTO I THINK THE FIFTH THERE, AN PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GOT OUT OF IT. SO HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB MIXING BOTH SIDES, AND HE HAD ALL OF HIS PITCHES WORKING FOR HIM. AND I THINK HE'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER AND SHARPER. >> Meredith: YOU CAUGHT HIM EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HOW DID HIS STUFF IMAIR? >> YEAH, HE LOOKED THE SAME IF NOT BETTER. IT COMES DOWN TO EXECUTION OF THE LOCATIONS AND THAT'S GOING TO TIGHTEN UP AS YOU GET FURTHER INTO THE END OF THIS MONTH. >> Meredith: WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT NESTOR OUT OF THE BULLPEN, A ROLE THAT'S SOMEWHAT UNFAMILIAR TO HIM? >> YEAH, DID HE A GREAT GYORKO'S HANDLED IT REALLY WELL, CAME INTO A HIGH-LEVERAGE SITUATION WITH A RUNNER ON THIRDAGED GOT THE JOB DONE. SO AND THEN FROM THERE CRUISED, REALLY. AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. SO YOU KNOW, PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT. >> Meredith: HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE ARE YOU PLAYING WITH RIGHT NOW? ANOTHER RIB FOR YOU, AND THREW THE RUNNERS OUT AS WELL. >> YEAH, I FEEL GOOD. GETTING TO HIT BEHIND AND IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE BEST HITTERS TO PLAY THE GAME. I THINK THAT GIVERS ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST TRY TO PLAY ONLY SOME FUNDAMENTAL BASEBALL, JUST LIKE IN THE FIRST INNING TRYING TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY AND SCORE THE RUN. SO YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND HAVE FUN. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR THROWING IMPROVING THIS YEAR, WHAT DID YOU DO SPECIFICALLY TO GET BETTER THROWING? >> UM, -- JUST -- JUST PRACTICE. I MEAN, JUST MORE REPS, AND WORKED ONTARIO EARLIER IN SPRING. I FEEL LIKE THE LAST FEW YEARS MY THROWING HAS GOTTEN BETTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AS THE SEASON'S PROGRESSED. SO KIND OF STARTED A LITTLE EARLIER SO FROM THE BEGINNING KIND OF COULD FEEL A LITTLE BETTER. BUT NOTHING REALLY. >> QUICKER RELEASE OR ARE YOU THROWING HARDER OR BOTH? >> I'M NOT TOO SURE. I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO A GOOD SPOT THAT THEY CAN MAKE A GOOD TAG ON. SO PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. >> WHEN YOU GOT GIL, NESTOR, SCHMIDT DOING WHAT THEY'VE DONE THE LAST FEW DAYS, HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DOES THAT GIVE NEW THIS PITCHING STAFF? >> YEAH, IT'S GREAT. THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. I MEAN THE ELEMENTS AND THE OTHER TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF LIMITING US ON OFFENSE. AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TWO REALLY TIGHT GAMES, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SHUT OUT BOTH GAMES, AND HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN THE PITCHING STAFF RIGHT NOW MOVING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, YOU KNOW, IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AS WELL. >> HOW AMPED UP DID YOU SENSE CLARKE WAS TO GET BACK? >> VERY AMPED. I MEAN HE WAS PUMPED. GETTING TO SCHOTTENHEIMER BACK OUT THERE WAS A LOT OF FUN AND I KNOW THE GUYS LOVE TO SEE HIM BACK OUT THERE. HE