SCHMIDT ABOUT BEING BACK ON THE BUMP. >> Meredith: HOW AMPED UP WERE YOU TODAY TO GET THE BALL AGAIN? >> YEAH, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY VERY AMPED UP IN THE FIRST. I THINK AS MUCH AS I WAS TRYING TO CONTROL THE EMOTION DEFINITELY STILL REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK OUT THERE KNOBLAUCH FRONT OF A GREAT CROWD IN A FUN PARK. JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE OUT THERE COMPETING AGAIN. >> Meredith: THREE MONTHS IS A LONG TIME TO BE LAID OFF DURING A SEASON, ARE YOU PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH HOW WELL THE BALL WAS COMING OUT THIS AFTERNOON? >> NO, I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD SO FAR IN THE MARIN LEAGUES AS FAR AS MECHANICS AND BEING ABLE TO REPEAT THE DELIVERY AND THE STUFF $'S BEEN SHARP, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN, AND JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET BACK OUT THERE EVERY TURN AND JUST FEELING GOOD. >> Meredith: PHYSICALLY HOW DID YOU FEEL THROUGHOUT? >> FELT GREAT, FELT GREAT. I THINK ONCE I GOT BEYOND THAT FIRST, IT WAS LIKE FACING THE -- WALKING THE FIRST GUY WAS ALL RIGHT, TIME TO LOCK IN, BUT PHYSICALLY FELT REALLY GOOD. >> YOU WERE LS OBVIOUSLY ON A PITCH COUNT TODAY. HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE AT LA LIMIT PHYSICALLY? >> YEAH, I FELT GREAT OBVIOUSLY FIGHTING TO GET MORE PITCHES THERE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE FIFTH RIGHT THERE. BUT YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT TO THAT POINT I FELT LIKE I STILL HAD A LOT OF STRENGTH AND HE WASN'T FATIGUING AT ALL. >> HOW MUCH DID IT HELP YOU THROWING THOSE TWO RUNNERS SNOUT. >> BIG TIME. IT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ON THE PITCHES OKAY, BUT WE KNEW THEY WERE A VERY ACTIVE TEAM AND YOU KNOW, FELT WE LIKE THERE WERE SOME CHANCE TOSS GET GUYS OUT IF WE MAKE SOME LOOKS AND CHANGED UP SOME TIMING SO CREDIT TO OUR STAFF, ROJAS AND THOSE GUYS, THEY'RE ON TOP OF THAT STUFF. AND THEN ALSO, BIG SHOUT OUT TO WELLS, HE WAS GREAT BEHIND THE DISH AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE HIM THROW OUT SOME RUNNERS TAKES THE RELIEF OFF THE PITCHER. >> YOU COMING BACK AND GIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR THIS ROTATION DOWN THE STRETCH? >> YEAH, I THINK EARLY IN THE SEASON WE HAD PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS WHERE WE WERE PROBABLY THE BEST ROTATION IN BASEBALL I WOULD SAY, NUMBERSWISE, AND I THINK I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S OUT OF THE REALM NOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED GUYS ON THE STAFF, AND WHOEVER IT IS, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPTH WHICH REALLY GOOD AND WE ALSO HAVE GUYS AT THE HIGH END WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY AT THE BEST OF THEIR GAME. SO REALLY EXCITING FOR THE STAFF. >> Meredith: NESTOR CAME IN WITH RUNNER ORANGESELED TOE ME I CAN'T LET THAT RUN SCORE FOR CLARKE. HOW IMPRESSED WERE YOU WITH HIM COMING OUT OF THE PEN? >> YEAH, I THINK HE KNOWS HOW IT IS WHEN YOU LEAVE A RUNNER OUT THERE AS A STARTER AND YOU'RE SITTING IN THE DUGOUT, THERE'S A LOT OF ANKLESSITEY. SO FOR HIM TO COME IN AND SAVE IT WAS GREAT. I THINK I MEAN, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLEANER OUTINGS WE'VE, HAD IT WAS JUST VERY, VERY CLEAN OUT OF HIM JUST COMING IN, NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC, JUST THROWING STRIKES AND DOING HIS THING AND HE LOOKED CALM AND COLLECTED OUT THERE. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS VERY NEEDED AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO WELLS, AS WELL, TWO SHOUT IDENTITIES IN A ROW, VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR A CATCHER, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG CATCHER,