I made my 4th start of the season against the Modesto Nuts (Rockies) on Saturday. Unfortunately, Saturday happened to be one of those starts where something was a little off and I really struggled to throw strikes, even walking the 1st batter of the game on 4 pitches. I had to battle the entire game and only lasted 4 1/3 innings while throwing 100 pitches but I can at least be proud of the fact that I only gave up 2 earned runs and left the game with my team winning. As a pitcher you are going to have days where you don't have your best stuff or struggle to throw strikes, that doesn't mean you can just mail it in and say, "oh well I'm going to get rocked today."

I did an interview with Melissa Lockard of Scout.com last week. If you are interested in checking it out here is the link. If you aren't a subscriber click this link as gocrimson.com also carried the interview.

The Stockton Ports are doing quick profiles on each member of the 2010 team. Here is the link to my profile.