"I try to stay focused on the next pitch, because it's always the most important pitch we throw," Knapp said. "If we can take care of the pitches we throw, everything else will take care of itself."

And if everything else takes care of itself, there won't be a reason to get nervous, right?

"I'm just trying to stay level, but inside, it beats you up," he said. "Some losses are harder to shake off, but some wins are, too. Like those games we won in Tampa, you get back to the room and your body is buzzing.

"But your mind is always rewinding or running ahead. It's never ending. Anybody following the Tigers has to be going through the same thing, though."