David Hernandez discusses his strong outing after the O's 3-2 win over the A's
"I knew I had to redeem myself. I didn't want to have three straight bad starts," Hernandez said. "I just tried to get back on the horse and do well. I was able to change eye levels pretty well tonight and elevate my fastball and keep my changeup down."
He set a season-high with six strikeouts.
"I felt like I had three good pitches tonight and I kept the hitters off balance. I kept my pitch count down somewhat and got into the seventh, then Matty came in and got me out of a jam.
"Being able to throw all three pitches at any time helps get strikeouts. This is a good start, I'd like to take this into my next start vs. Anaheim."
Hernandez picked up his 5th quality start over his last seven outings.
He said he worked well with veteran catcher Chad Moeller.
"I worked with him some in Triple-A and he knows what I can do. He called a good game. He's been around the game awhile and I trust him, didn't need to shake off too many pitches."