AL DIVISION SERIES: RED SOX v INDIANS

October 10, 1999

Jimy Williams

JIMY WILLIAMS: Saberhagen.

JIMY WILLIAMS: We pieced it. What did we use, six pitchers? So you get outs, you know, the game's going the way it is, they have a great offensive club, you don't know what's going to happen. But certainly Garces pitched very, very strong and the two outs that Cormier got with the bases loaded, those two switch-hitters were key.

JIMY WILLIAMS: Upgraded from yesterday, better, but, you know, we can't hurt the kid. You know, we'll see how he is tomorrow from the standpoint, just don't think it's wise to start him. I don't even know if he could pitch at all. I'm being very honest with you with his injury status.

JIMY WILLIAMS: He didn't suffer any setbacks. I think he's okay, you know, for tomorrow's game. Hopefully... But, took him out, the score the way it was, you know, we had a pretty good lead there. If we can't hold that lead to win that game, try to protect that asset a little bit rather than put him on the standpoint of aggravating it.

JIMY WILLIAMS: Well, we continue to battle, I think we have all year. I mean down two-nothing, playoffs, best out of five, now we're tied 2-2, so tough battle coming back, especially against that type of ballclub with the bullets they have, both pitching-wise and offensively. But we're right back in that hunt now, so it's one game for both of us.

JIMY WILLIAMS: Well, we savor this victory tonight. It was a nice victory, a key victory in a playoff game. We did some things really, really well offensively as a unit. We pieced it pitching-wise, we got outs from just about everybody that came in there. Certainly we feel good, especially after being behind 2-0. When we were behind 2-0, we were fine in our clubhouse. How much better are we now? Well, it's a one-gamer now. But I've said all along, I like our club, I like our kids, they back each other. They pull for each other. That's a good unit.

JIMY WILLIAMS: Well, he's had eleven days off, you know, I thought his stuff was good. Come in, maybe not so good, location. But he didn't quit pitching. He kept his head up. He kept pitching. That's all you can ask. He's been that way his whole career from the time, and I know him way back with another ballclub. As far as using several pitchers, we had to win. I mean that was our basic position. We had to win, or, you know, go home. So now we have another shot against a good club. Hopefully it works out for us.

JIMY WILLIAMS: We're just happy to get a win. That's why you play. You play to win a game. That's why you go play. If things happen during the course of a game that happen to set records, then that's a team thing, too. But our whole priority was to come out here tonight and give a good effort to try and get a win against a very good pitcher.

End of FastScripts….