Here are three thoughts following this clunker:

PERK FAILS TO CONVERT: Yonder Alonzo led off the ninth with a double to center, jumping on Glen Perkins' first pitch. Alonzo ended up scoring on a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the ninth. Perkins was trying to get ahead in the count so he could put away another hitter with his nasty slider, but he never got to the point with Alonzo. Perkins has noticed a change in how hitters approach him. `` ``Recently guys have been swinging a little early (in the count) on me and I need to make adjustments on that," Perkins said. ``They are probably not wanting to get to two strikes and having to deal with the slider. It's on me to adjust back and figure out a better process of putting guys away."

SWARZAK THOUGHT HE MADE THE RIGHT PITCH: Well, that was before Seth Smith deposited his pitch into the seats in right field with what turned out to the ne the game-winning hit. With the count 3-1, Swarzak had not come inside yet and felt the time was right. Smith, however, was all over the pitch and hit it an estimated 414 feet. ``I tried to come in there 3-1 because he hadn't seen anything close to him yet," Swarzak said. ``I got in there, but he was quick in there and got it." Swarzak though two of his pitches to Smith should have been called strikes, but looked at replays after the game and said home plate umpire Marvin Hudson made the right calls.

FRYER FIRES DOWN TO SECOND: Eric Fryer picked off Alonzo in the seventh, firing a throw after catching a Jared Burton pitch. He said it was in the back of his mind that he had a shot at Alonzo, and decided to take chance when he saw enough daylight between Alonso and shortstop Eduardo Escobar, who caught the throw. ``A lot of times in the past I double clutch because I'm not thinking about it," Fryer said. ``This time I made sure I was mentally ready in case (the hitter, Alexi Amarista) bunts through or takes high. Once I saw the clearance I'm throwing down there."