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On Dice-K:

“He did a great job,” said Mike Lowell. “He was very efficient, especially through the first six innings and then he was sitting on the bench for a while because we scored (five) runs [in the bottom of sixth inning]. It’s not that easy to pitch when you have such a big lead because you don’t want to have that fine line between nit-picking and going after (hitters). He did a great job. All of our pitchers are doing a phenomenal job for us, keeping us games when we’re not hitting and keeping the other team at by when we are.”

On his grand slam:
“I didn’t want to get too riled up with the bases loaded,” said Lowell. “I wanted to just concentrate on a normal good at-bat and look for a pitch to hit. He left the pitch over the plate and I hit it pretty good.”

Dice-K on the disappointed of not being able to record a complete game:
"Given my pitch count (104) at the end of the eighth inning, I was expecting to go back out there in the ninth. I think given my pace up to that point, it would have been normal to go back for the ninth inning, but the manager came in and spoke to me and said 'given our big lead, go and get some rest.' "

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