"There was a window, and they said they knew we were going to get the game in and we were going to be on time," Rusin said. "Just had to get in, get out as quickly as possible. I was able to do that, as the other pitcher [the Reds' Michael Lorenzen, who gave up one run and two hits in seven innings] did as well. It turned out to be a quick game."
Pressed into service because a cut on Jorge De La Rosa's left middle finger hadn't healed, Rusin, 28, made pitches to heart-of-the-order hitters to escape two major jams.