Oct. 6 John Gibbons postgame interview

Q. What is it about Marco’s makeup that it seems the bigger the game, the better he pitches?JOHN GIBBONS: You know what, you know, really you look back the playoff games he pitched last year, back against the wall, elimination type games. And he dominated. And then he goes out and does that again today. I mean, he’s very good at — he’s mastered his craft. I mean, he was sticking it today. But he’s a very calm guy. I mean, I don’t think — I don’t think I’ve ever seen him get too revved up. He doesn’t get down on himself. As well as he’s pitched in two years here, really no need. But I think he’s a very confident, relaxed guy, and probably as good as any pitcher I’ve ever had that in crunch time he gets in those jams, he’s Houdini. He can get out of those jams — he didn’t really have any today but I’ve seen him over the last couple years. He can get out of the jams the best I’ve ever had. But a lot of that is belief and he doesn’t get rattled.Q. You’ve said good things happen when your team hits home runs. But did you see an outcome of the game like today?JOHN GIBBONS: Usually things happen good to all teams that hit home runs, to be honest with you. Now what was the –Q. Despite that did it surprise you, the outcome?JOHN GIBBONS: In reality, we were due to break out. You know I thought we worked Cole really tough because he’s one of the elite pitchers in the game. That third inning we made him work and got a couple of big, big …

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