"I'm not happy, " said Nova, who is in a fight with David Phelps to be the fifth starter.

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"I still lack command, I'm not throwing strikes and that kind of makes me mad, " Nova said.

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"I'm concentrating on attacking the strike zone, and I did it, " Nova said.

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