Quotes & comments from Dillon Gee's outing on Friday

In last night's 6-1 win over the Padres, Dillon Gee allowed a run on four hits in seven innings with three walks and a career-high nine strikeouts.

Gee faced 27 batters and threw 106 pitches, 71 of which were strikes.

'My mechanics have been all out of whack,'' Gee told reporters after the game. 'I'm not out there throwing 95, so I rely on my mechanics to get me through games. Lately I was up in the zone a lot, mechanically I just felt out of whack, out of sync. My right foot didn't know what my left foot was doing. I just felt lost, really, to be honest. I've been searching for the past couple weeks. Sometimes the best medicine is to put everything down and say 'Screw it', go out there the next day.''

Gee improved to 4-3 with a 4.92 ERA last night and has won his last two starts while allowing four runs over his last 13 2/3 innings.

Terry Collins feels Gee gets stronger in the middle of his starts, telling reporters:

'What I've seen late in the game, it's almost like his sinker's better, his two-seam fastball's getting better, he's starting to locate it better, and I think he knows he can make pitches.'

Gee has won back-to-back starts for the first time since last June, and the Mets are now 11-0 when their starting pitcher goes at least seven innings or more in a game.

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Michael Baron: Gee certainly hasn't used consistent mechanics from start-to-start so far this season. There appeared to be a lot of rocking, a lot of swaying, and a lot of drifting into his windup which was creating uncontrollable movement on all of his pitches. In his last two starts, Gee has appeared much smoother in his delivery and, while he was certainly wilder against the Blue Jays last Sunday, he has been able to induce weak contact, especially with his slider which has been incorporated with more frequency in his most recent outings.

Gee was helped by a tremendous double play by Mike Baxter in the first inning which seemed to help settle him down and set the tone for the rest of his start. Generally, Gee had awesome late movement on all of his pitches and worked quickly, which is the key to success not just for Gee but for everyone in the rotation. But when Gee is getting that heavy downward action on his change-up and breaking balls, he is clearly incredibly difficult to read from both sides of the plate.