Quotes complied by Michael Cunningham and Matthew Bain
**FREDI GONZALEZ
On Julio Teheran
“He pitched well enough to win the game today. Unfortunately, (Mike) Bolsinger gave up one run. The run we got we did a nice job of situational hitting. They make an error, we get to move up the runners and then (Cameron) Maybin had the only RBI on a fielder’s choice. Julio did a nice job. Our bullpen did a nice job.”
On Teheran’s strong start
“He really was aggressive the first four or five innings. The velocity was up. It was a good outing by him. It’s just unfortunate we didn’t give him any run support.”
On Teheran’s slider
“It might have been his best outing he had all year and he got an ‘L’ for it. But that’s baseball. It’s a real cruel game that we play. But I was real pleased, real happy with the performance.”
On Dodgers starter Mike Bolsinger
“He didn’t give in. Even in some counts that were 3-0, 3-1, fastball counts, he didn’t give in. He was able to throw his breaking ball over in those counts and it kind of frustrated us a little bit.”
On Alberto Callaspo’s diving stop of Nick Markakis ground ball in ninth
“That’s a big play. That ball is down the line there and we score one, for sure, and then we get the tying run on base and then we cando anything we want. He made a nice play, you can’t take that away from him.”
On the home stand
“These last two teams we’ve played—we played .500 on the home stand—the Cubs are a good club and these guys (the Dodgers) are in first place in their division. To take two out of three, it’s big. It’s nice to go into the off day and now we go into a big road trip and now we hope we come back with some series wins.”
On if Markakis misplayed double over his head in fifth inning
“I think that ball was over his head as soon as it came off the bat. I don’t think he misread anything. I think that ball was hit pretty darn good.”
**JULIO TEHERAN
On his overall performance
“The whole game I feel really good. You can see the number of strikeouts that I did today. Everything was working today. In the fifth inning I couple a couple times behind and you know how their hitters are. You can fall behind and they make you pay for it.”
On if his slider was as good as it’s been all year
“Yeah. My slider was good. I hear that my fastball was coming out really good from my hand.”
On if he felt like he could set the tone early
“Yeah. I was consistent the whole game. The couple walks that I did, those weren’t the pitches I wanted to make. I don’t want to give anything easy to them, just trying to make my pitches.”
On what he was thinking while trying to fight through the fifth
“Just a couple walks that I did and they doubled and the base hit. Just trying to pound the zone and they were able to hit my pitches.”
On the pickoff
“Every time I have a chance, me and Andrelton (Simmons) we’re just trying to save some runs and if we have a chance we’re at least going to do it.”
On if he thinks he got the runner out on the pickoff
“Yeah. I think I got him.”
On if this was a satisfying homestand to start the second half
“Yeah I mean we’ve been doing a great job. And even myself. I was excited to start this game because we wanted to sweep this team. But we’ve been playing really good. Just need to keep doing what we’re doing.”
**A.J. PIERZYNSKI
On Julio Teheran
“He was good. Obviously the one inning got away but he pitched well. Seven innings, a few hits, in the strike zone more. The other guy was just really good and tough and we just couldn’t get any offense going.”
On if Teheran’s slider was best it’s been
“Yeah, without a doubt. I know Roger (McDowell) made a little mechanical adjustment with him. The slider was definitely as good as I’ve seen it. He also had a good curveball, he had a good changeup he threw a few times. He kind of had it all going. It just got away from him in the fifth for a couple runs. He was able to get it back together and get us through seven innings but we just didn’t score any runs.”
On Teheran’s strong start
“He warmed up well, he warmed up differently. They made some adjustments in his motion and it carried over into the game. The key was he was ahead in the count, he was making guys swing the bat. He was putting the ball where he wanted to which is what he has to do.”
On winning the series
“They are a really good team. They are in first place for a reason. They can pitch. Their bullpen is very underrated. They have guys can come out of there. To win the first two was nice. We would have liked to got greedy but it didn’t work out. Enjoy the off day and then get ready for the road trip.”
On Bolsinger
“He was good. He just changed speeds over and over again. He was tough. Give the guy credit. He changes speeds and makes it tough on a hitter. Changed his motion, changed his tempo of his motion. He paused, he wouldn’t pause. He just tried to mess up your timing. That’s what he does and he was good today.”
**CHRIS JOHNSON
On the series
“It was a good series. We’ve just got to keep wining ballgames. We are still not where we want to be. We want to be in first place.”
On Julio Teheran
“Julio was great. Gave up three runs and we would like to give him a win. But you tip your hat to their guy. He was pretty good. He kept us off balance. He threw a lot of off speed and we just couldn’t make adjustments. You’ve just got to tip your cap to him.”
