MODERATOR: First question for Mike Scioscia.
Q. Can you talk about Spiezio's at-bat, just go through it, what you saw, how good it was?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: Well, had some decent cuts, but Felix was getting some balls in good location away. That home run, I think he pulled a little more over the plate and Spiez didn't miss it much. He battled the whole way. He fought a bunch of tough pitches off. They were coming in hard, too. He had good heat on those.
Q. Did you think it was out?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: I knew he got a good portion of it. I didn't know if it was too high. But I thought it was going to be close.
Q. Can you talk about the conflicting emotion of being down 5-0, but also having the confidence in your team that you could come back?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: You know, you're battling out to out. Our bullpen has been taxed a little bit, but we're getting it done. I'm not preoccupied with the score. It's just one piece of the puzzle. We're battling a defensive side of the game, too. You know, I thought if we could get some hits strung together, we were going to get back in the game. I didn't know it was going to happen as quickly as it did. But it was great to see.
Q. This game is going to be talked about an awful lot. It's going to go down in baseball history. I don't know quite how to articulate it. How much of it was about magic, the things we all watch sports for?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: It was a great ballgame. I think when you have two teams that have such a passion to strive for something, as any two teams in the World Series would, particularly, our club and the Giants, we're both going after it hard. I think when you have those two teams like that, there's always special things that can happen. Tonight was one of them.
Q. Of all the big games that you've been a part of, have you ever been a part of anything quite like that?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: I can go back to the Kirk Gibson game in '88. I think there was about as much electricity in that stadium as there ever was. I think tonight surpassed that.
Q. It seems like a heavyweight fight going to the 15th round. Hardly any pitching left on either side. Can you talk about that, if it has the same feel for you?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: Well, hopefully, we'll reload tomorrow. Yeah, it definitely has the same feel, no doubt about it. The day off yesterday helped us a little bit. But I think both clubs have been using their pens a lot in this series. Tomorrow, I think we're going to have enough to get some matchups we need. I'm sure they feel the same way on the other side. Seventh game of the World Series, so I think everything's up for consideration. We'll see how it goes. But, no doubt, both side's pitching staffs, in particular, bullpens, have been taxed.
Q. Honestly, did you ever, during the course of that game, think to yourself, "It's been kind of a nice run, what do I say to the guys afterwards"?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: Never.
Q. Did Scott's home run change the atmosphere in the dugout? What kind of lift does that give a team at that point?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: You know, our guys -- our dugout has a great atmosphere. They battle the whole way. When you get something like that, it naturally will give you a lift. That certainly did. I mean, you have to try to get back in the game at some point. That home run was huge.
Q. Why did you switch catchers?
MIKE SCIOSCIA: We pinch hit for Bengie in, I guess it was the seventh inning, right after Spiez's home run, we pinch hit for Bengie.
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