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“What happened was nothing to be disappointed in myself for. I’ve already established myself in the big leagues. I’m a great pitcher. I have elite stuff. I just have to continue on.”

So in case you wondered, Giles doesn’t lack in confidence either, an important part of the mindset for his position.

Though he entered last night with a bloated ERA of 11.12 with the Jays so far, that is misleading. Essentially, the unsightly number is the result of one bad effort in Boston where Giles allowed four hits and five runs in two innings of work.

In two save situations — including a one-two-three ninth Tuesday night here against the Royals — Giles was money, and despite allowing a home run in the ninth on Wednesday night, he hung in there to convert his third save in as many opportunities with the Jays.

“He’s perfect on the year in save situations (14-for-14 including his time with the Astros) and for us his slider has been really good,” Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He uses it a little more than I expected he was going to but if he keeps that down, it’s almost unhittable.”

In his 5.2 innings of work with the Jays, Giles has seven strikeouts and just one walk and four of the seven hits he’s allowed came in the blowout, garbage-time effort versus the Red Sox.

Giles acknowledged that he needs to be better in non-save situations, the difficulty being that those outings work sharply against the killer mindset of a closer.

“Sometimes it’s one of those funny things about closers when it’s not a save situation we tend to probably not focus as much as try to get our work done,” Giles said. “It’s more going out there, throwing the ball, working on some things. It’s kind of like a spring training type mentality. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out.