That really came at the right time for us. We just haven't played real good baseball, and it's tough with a young club when you have adversity early. |
The reason he got moved to the Friday role is that he gives us the best opportunity to win the game of anybody we've got. He deserves to pitch on Friday. |
The success that he's already had, there's not a lot of freshmen that can do that and be counted on on the weekend. It's different to pitch on Tuesday than it is to pitch on the weekend where there's more pressure involved and more at stake and better competition. To do what he's done so far is pretty impressive. |
The two home runs got them going, a little looser, a little freer. It's a little different when you're trying to get the base hit from behind or you're trying to get the base hit to go ahead. |
There's no doubt Tommy has to pitch for us in some capacity. We've got to figure out what that's going to be. |
This game was a total reversal of yesterday's game. We put pressure on them offensively and we were able to deliver the knock out blow. We hit the ball great and pitched great. |
This isn't all about the money, anyway. It's what's in the best interest of the game. |
To throw seven zeros in a row on Friday night, then go into the eighth inning with only one hit, Craig pitched outstanding. He made the pitches and threw strikes when he had to. That's Craig. |
We competed hard today, but UCLA just played better than we did. We got their pitcher on the ropes early, but we didn't capitalize and let him get back on a roll after the first couple of innings. We never were able to take that momentum back. |
We got their pitcher on the ropes early, but we didn't capitalize and let him get back on a roll after the first couple of innings. |
We kept answering (at the plate). We kept controlling the game. Every time they would score we would score. We kept extending the lead and made it more and more difficult for them. |
We needed something positive to happen. You look and who do we turn to next? He was next in line. Not only has he gained confidence in himself, but his teammates have gained a lot of confidence in him and that's a big deal. |
We wanted to get him back out there and get his feet wet again. Sometimes it doesn't work out the way you want. |
We were able to get the big hits and they weren't. Our statistics offensively with the bases loaded are unconscious. |
We were outstanding offensively all weekend. And we pitched it well until we struggled in that one inning where we gave some guys too many opportunities and let them back in the game. |