He threw strikes, got himself out of trouble and won.

I loved the guys, but they couldn't throw strikes if you paid them.

At that point, he had thrown 14 strikes and 1 ball.

"So I can't explain to you exactly what it was other than just he didn't throw strikes."

You've got to keep him sharp so he can throw strikes.

"Some people say I throw too many strikes," he said.

You have to field your position, hold runners on, throw strikes.

The main thing is I want my pitchers to throw strikes.

"A lead like that, you just want to throw strikes."

Johnson said he was trying to throw strikes on the first pitch.