Q. Did you catch any of the Italy game, any highlights, anything you guys can pick up on; that you picked up on for today's game?
LUIS ORTIZ: You talking about in our game?
Q. In Italy's game last night, anything you kind of saw or you noticed that you can use for today at all?
LUIS ORTIZ: In all honesty, I ain't watched that game. I didn't want to see baseball after -- sorry, these people are calling me, I don't want to talk to anybody this morning (phone ringing).
I didn't watch that game in real time. It comes down to me coming out here today with my team and executing and getting a win, so that's the truth.
Q. Throughout this tournament or the last week, have you felt, you or the players, a lot of support coming in from Panama, from friends or family down there?
LUIS ORTIZ: Yeah, it's on. It's all negative; it's all positive. It's fans. I guess they want us to win. We haven't won at this level in a while. The younger kids have done well, and you know, it's like everything else. They want their team to win.
Q. (No translation.)
LUIS ORTIZ: That's a good question. The lineup today might have one or two changes in the order, and the pitcher is a kid that pitched AAA a few years ago. Kind of held him back because I kind of figured it was going to come out -- come down to a fourth game.
So I'm hoping that he can give me at least four or five innings, and if he can do that, we can stay in the game early; we've got a chance of winning late.
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