Chris Tillman was fairly happy with his performance tonight, though he walked four batters and ran his pitch count up so much he could not get into the late innings.
"I think it went well overall except for that third inning,'' he said. "Those kinds of innings are unacceptable. I felt like I was out there forever. If not for that inning, I could have gone into the seventh or eighth. My fastball was great. My curveball was the best it's been in two years, but that one inning hurt me."
Manager Dave Trembley is getting close to naming his regular season rotation, and Tillman has gotten some competition for the fifth slot. It looks like he'll be the guy, but he said he does not have a clue what is going to happen.
"I really don't know,'' he said. "They told me to work my butt off in the offseason and that it's up in the air. That's fair. The other guys are working their butts off, too."