Pitching Quotations | Page 6

Last year, our pitching wasn't as strong. Our fielding and hitting have improved.

Last year my 150-yard club was a 7-iron; now it's a pitching wedge,

Last year, it was our entire pitching staff. This year, it's going around everywhere. That's what it's been like, and yet we've been playing well.

Last year I mostly only pitched bullpens and batting practice. I went into the season without pitching in a big league game. But I was feeling great. So we're trying to keep the same routine here.

Lauren has been outstanding, both pitching and her offense. She's settled in to the No. 4 spot and has taken advantage of having people on in front of her.

Lauren had a nice effort today after pitching 11 innings (Thursday) night.

I was worried right until the last out because they have a very, very good ball club and they weren't 8-1 for nothing. We have a pretty decent ball club. Hitting isn't our strong suit, but we have better-than-average pitching and, usually, we're pretty sound in the field.

I was watching how he was pitching to Michaels. He was throwing a lot of balls inside. That's what I went up looking for, a pitch inside, and that's where he threw it.

I want to thank Ray Miller for all he did, for his support and his professionalism. Ray did an outstanding job and we remain good friends. Leo and I have been best friends for a long time and have always said that if I get the chance to manage, he would be my pitching coach. I'm glad for us that it will happen, but I'm really happy for the Orioles organization that Leo has joined the club. His record speaks for itself.

I want to win, and whatever the manager and the pitching coach think it takes, we'll go in that direction.

I was a little surprised with how our pitching went in that first game. Chad threw a good game but just had those three homers against him. You take those three pitches away and he pitched pretty well.

I was a little surprised when they announced his record at the beginning of the game that he was 1-0. That shocked me because he has been pitching much better than that. He has got us deep into games and has been very sharp, but we have let a couple of leads slip away.

I will be a real challenge for us to finish in the top four. The kids are going to have to play very well because we're going to face some top pitching again this year.

I was just looking for a pitch to hit. All day they were pitching us outside, so I knew I had to cover the outside half.

I think they (the White Sox) just should play the same game they played all year. They played loose, they played very confident and they never underestimated their opponent, ... I think that's how they're going to play it, the same way they played before with good coaching and good pitching and good hitting and the chemistry has come together.

I think the top three seeds will be determined by whose pitching stays healthy.

It is always real good pitching and real good defense. There are pretty good pitchers on both teams. It is good baseball and it is fun to play against them.

I think there is a lot of good pitching this year.

I think there have been dramatic changes. We lost our leadoff hitter and shortstop and lost the guy who was our closer and anticipated to be our closer. We lost our pitching coach. Those are dramatic changes that our organization has to deal with.

Just a sad day on the pitching side.

Just because you have a nice feel coming into a city doesn't mean you're going to carry it over. I wasn't thinking just because we scored a lot of runs in Arizona that we were going to come here and do the same thing necessarily. We got after it pretty good there. But that's a great hitters' ballpark, a different pitching staff.

Jason did what we needed in our pitching system, staying away from the three-run inning. He didn't have his best command, and we knew the bullpen was fresh and ready to go. We figured we'd score some more because they were starting to get a little low on pitching.

Jim Leyland, in my career, has been the best manager at running his bullpen. He's been the best manager at going out in the outfield and asking his pitchers how they're feeling every day and not having the pitching coach worry about it.

Kyle's done a good job all year long. He's throwing strikes and working ahead in the count. All our pitching has done well this year. One-hitters will win a lot of games.

Last year he tried to throw the ball past hitters, where this year he's pitching past hitters. He's mixing up his pitches, has good location and he has a good idea before each pitch of what he wants to do.

Last season, we hurt ourselves on the relays throwing home and balls getting through the infield. We just can't give away runs with this pitching staff. It's too good. So we needed that type of strong defense.

I think every pitcher pitches a little differently when they get out of Colorado, ... He's a different pitcher here and we're really getting the benefits of his performances. He's pitching the way he always knew he could out of that environment.

I saw him pitching the last game he pitched in spring training and it was obvious he was right back where he likes to be. I saw him making his pitches, doing his thing. He looked great to me.

I said a couple weeks ago that if we score four runs, we should win. That's the way we built our team. We have a good pitching staff. That's our game, pitching and defense.

I said it before, I haven't been doing the job the way they expect. We want to win and if I keep pitching like that, we're not going to win. They made the move, and I'm with them. I have to get back on track and do my job.

I remember there was a lot of talk about upgrading the pitching staff. I knew Matt Morris was out there. Watching him from the other league, I knew he was a tremendous pitcher and a tremendous competitor. I was thinking, 'Man, I really hope we get him,' and we did.

Our key players will need to make key plays. It will be a test for our pitching staff and defense to see where we are at.

Our goal this year with the pitching staff is to heighten their awareness and challenge them every day at practice. We'll carry 10 pitchers this season and all are pretty competitive and can throw strikes consistently.

Our guys swung the bats really well today and came ready to play. We we able to take advantage of their mistakes. Our pitching looked outstanding both games.

Our hole 11 at Campbellsville is 404 yards and on a level surface, and he drove the green on that one -- in competition. He and I played in a golf tournament in Vegas two consecutive years, and on a 517-yard par 5 there, I saw him hit a pitching wedge 95 yards to the green.

Over any short period, pitching can carry a team. We've got the kind of pitching than can give you the chance to win game after game after game.

Overall we're just not swinging the bat well. But you have to give a lot of credit to D.J. Duden for pitching a great game for the Falcons.

Overall, we played pretty well today. Whether it was the hitting, defense, pitching or base-running, they all did a good job. We consistently played well for all 16 innings.

Overall we did a pretty decent job today. We played well defensively. Our two errors were throwing errors on relay plays. They were nothing really major. Our pitchers did a nice job. We don't have a pitching staff that will get a lot of strikeouts. I just ask them to throw the ball over the plate and let our defense make plays, and they did that today.

Over the past four years, we've always had great games. It doesn't matter, statistics. ... It should be interesting. I'm confident in our pitching more than anything.

(Palmer's) pitching wasn't as hard as Pueblo's, which was to our advantage. Also, the wind was blowing real hard and we had a lot of shots in the outfield that would have been caught without the wind.

Our pitching was strong today. James Madison took advantage of its opportunities. We weren't able to do that. We need to focus on our clutch hitting and our mental toughness.

Our pitching was solid this past weekend. I would like to believe that we will continue to see improvement with each outing. By the time we start league play, each pitcher will have had three or four appearances.

Our pitching was real strong, only giving up one hit in the first six innings. You can't ask for more than that.

Our pitching was really sub-par for both games. They hit four home runs off us for the day, and we got behind in the count constantly.

Our pitching was really good today. Zane has pitched well all season long, and It's always been there for Clayton. We've just been waiting for him to figure it out, and in his last two starts he's done exactly what he did today. Derek Ward also threw a strong inning for us, and Justin Wells did just what we needed him to do.

Our pitching was pretty good all weekend except for the game against Huntsville.

Our pitching was outstanding. You can't ask for a better pitching performance. We've just got to play better defense.

Our pitching was outstanding this series and I really thought our bullpen was good.

Our pitching was outstanding in the tournament, but our offense put a lot of strain on our pitchers. We haven't found our hitting stroke, and we're not hitting with confidence.

Our pitching wasn't up to par nor our defense. We had four of our five hits in the seventh when we finally woke up. It was a little too late.

Our pitching wasn't that bad. You give up only four runs in a high school game and you should be able to compete.

Our pitching was not up to par and neither was our defense. It was one thing after another. We were bad, plain and simple.

Our pitching was good. We just didn't hit.

Our pitching was fantastic. They only walked one batter and we had just one error all day ... There's some pretty positive stuff we can take from this.

Our pitching (staff), we haven't had a whole lot of breathing room out there. The last couple of weeks, every pitch is meaningful.

Our pitching staff was strong, and we've seen the progression here to the big leagues. Tankersley's progression has been excellent.

Our pitching staff still has to improve, and they know that. If they can get over the hump and make quality pitches, and we can cut our strikeouts down, we'll be in every ball game this weekend.

Our pitching staff is probably the biggest question mark for us, because we don't have anybody coming back that was dominant last season, that had 10 wins, they you can say, 'Hey give this guy the ball and he'll go out there and give us a win.' We don't have Brian Baker anymore. We've got some guys that are talented and we'll probably have to use more guys and develop some roles.

Our pitching staff is not in good form recently, so we need to provide support with good offense and fielding.

Our pitching staff is as strong as anybody in this league. For the most part of this season, we were second in the league as pitching.

Our pitching staff is a conspiracy of ifs.

Our pitching staff has to lead us. With the fact that we will be playing better defense, they should all be successful.

Our pitching staff has been excellent all year.

Our pitching just wasn't there tonight. We're still getting better, still trying to improve. There are some first and third situations that got away from us.

Our pitching just needs to settle down a little bit and I think we'll be okay.

Our pitching is right there, and we just have to have to play clean baseball to win.

Our pitching is really coming around. They are starting to get comfortable.

Our pitching is pretty close to where we need to be. I think we're going to be fine. It's not going to get easier going into Cleveland (this weekend). We're going to be playing a lot of good baseball teams early, so you're not going to be able to breathe. You've got to keep grinding.

Our pitching isn't where it should be and where it will be. And it's the same with the pitching we've faced. It's been a strange week.

Our pitching is like everyone else's in the league - very uncertain.

Our pitching is going to be there all year. Our kids are going to do a good job.

Our pitching is getting better and our defense is getting better and, hopefully, our offense is making strides. We're managing to score runs when we need to. I still think potentially we can be a pretty good club offensively. We've just got to get some guys going at the same time.

Our pitching is generally a year older with some really good arms. We have the players.

Our pitching is deep enough where I think Carling and Sadie can have success too, so that works out for us.

Our pitching has to come through. It hasn't held up.

Our pitching has set the tone for us from day one. They don't have words to describe what our starting staff has gone out and done this series.

Our pitching has definitely carried us. All three go out and compete and give a chance to win on most nights. For the time, Bryce was out there, he was pretty good.

Our pitching has carried us so far this season. The guys are doing a great job.

Our pitching has been very solid all year and this was no exception a Marissa did a very nice job.

Our pitching has been very good so far this season. I have four good guys throwing this year, and through the first two games, they've only allowed one earned run.

Our pitching has been very good and is what has carried us.

Our pitching has been tough and we don't have any stars. Lee has a great arm and she moved the ball well and you have to work with the tools that you have.

Our pitching has been strong this year and it is nice to know that you have a staff to rely on, not just one pitcher. When you have strong pitching and good defense, it is easier to win games. To now have our offense wake up will be very good for us.

Our pitching has been solid the past two weekends against Central Michigan and Northern Iowa and a strong outing from Luke would really keep the ball rolling. It seems that some of our early season problems we had on the mound, both with our starters and in the bullpen, have been corrected and our staff is very different from when Iowa saw us last.

Our pitching has been good. You can't say that enough.

Our pitching has been good, and that was one of our question mark this year. This team will go as far as our pitchers will take us, because the offense is there.

Our pitching has been consistent from Day 1. The hitters have been inconsistent. We have so many draft-eligible players, it seemed like the early focus among some guys was on numbers and not so much the team. That's been adjusted.

Our pitching has been consistent all season. We just got to continue to play and win.

Our pitching has been coming around. The starters have been giving us plus innings and the bullpen has been holding it. The confidence level has risen big time around here - you can feel it.

Our pitching has been better than I think even we thought it would be right now.

Our pitching has been a pleasant surprise, and our defense has been above average. But it is the approach they are taking at the plate. We are hitting below .200 as a team and you're not going to win many ball games doing that.

Our pitching didn't hold guys down as far as getting other guys in that we wanted to. I planned on splitting the game evenly between some guys, but it didn't work out that way.

Our pitching continues to get better after hitting a lull where we were giving up a bunch of runs. Casey Smith does a good job every time out, and we've added some depth to our bullpen.

Our pitching and defense will be very good. I think if we hit the ball we should compete with anybody in the state.

Our pitching and defense were strong this week. Our goal is to carry that through this weekend and maintain that level of play on a consistent basis.

Our pitching and defense have been terrific. My first year, I think we rattled off about 10 (wins) in a row. But this is quite a streak. Our kids are on a good run. We're playing good baseball.

Our pitchers were just horrible, horrible pitching with the lead. Everything you shouldn't do with a lead, we did. We started pitching from behind, walking people, hitting people.

Our strengths will be our pitching and speed.

Our strength is that we are clicking as a unit with everyone pitching in when required, in batting and bowling. And, the series win over England has given us a lot of confidence. But still India is a very good side and they know our conditions well, so it's not going to be easy against them.