"There's no time to slack off early and rely on late-inning heroics.

That's the assessment of White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy, who struggled early but lasted six innings, enabling his teammates to rally for a 6-4 victory over the Rockies in 10 innings.

"We battled as a team," Peavy said after surviving a three-run home run by Troy Tulowitzki in the first inning and leaving with a 4-1 deficit. "I didn't think we came out with a lot of intensity early. We've got to start playing hard and laying it on the line from pitch 1.

"If we're going to be the team we want to be, we've got so much talent in here we have to lay it on the line. We showed some character coming back late and getting some hits off a guy in (Matt) Lindstrom who throws hard."

Peavy said he's healthy even though his fastball topped out at 91 mph."