“We were throwing a lot of curveballs and cutters. When you have a left-handed-dominated lineup and I throw backdoor cutters, that's a pitch that for the most part, if they don't hit it for a base hit, it's probably going to be a flyball out. ... I work so hard on the inside part of the plate with my cutter that when I do throw it on the backside, they have a tendency to hit that ball in the air, and not with authority.”
Kirk Saarloos
“The girl on the mound -- being only a (freshman) -- throws the ball well. When you come up against a lineup like ours we have a chance to make you not look so good. Once it starts they are like rabid dogs and it's one after another. I thought she was a very good pitcher that's developing.”
Matt Hoiles
“That's been our lineup since the preseason. When you take a cog out of that, it kind of throws everything off and put us off-balanced. We came out in the second half and played some basketball with our starting five.”
John Davis
“It's always big when the back end of your rotation throws the way Pedro did. He was throwing well before he went down [with a strained right quad muscle]. We really missed him. It looks like he picked up where he left off.”
Bruce Bochy
“I wasn't throwing them out there. The guys want to win. When you don't win, some guys throw things. That's fine. You call it frustration, other people say you want to see a little fire. You saw a little fire coming out of the dugout when the game was over.”
Ken Macha
“You throw it anywhere, he catches it. Even when I make bad throws, he's there to get it.”
Phillip Saunders
“Other than that, he made some good throws. He missed a couple, but when you are throwing the ball more down the field vertically like we did today, those are harder to make. You're not going to make every one.”
Tim Lappano
