“[The game stood at 8-0 when the bullpen took over in the seventh inning.] I don't discount the score, ... When Izzy had to make a pitch, he made the pitch. At the end of the game, we were shaking hands.”
Tony La Russa
“When you are playing the seventh-ranked team in the nation, you are going to have to do something special to win. At the end of the day, we didn't knock our shots down, and they did. And a 10-point game turns into a 20-point game, and you are fighting for your lives.”
Terri Mitchell
“I started out with a tank when I was in seventh grade. I was 12 or 13. I have 20 tanks now and two ponds, one indoor and one outdoor.”
Bill Sanders
“When you're playing the seventh ranked team in the nation, you need to do something special to win. They knocked down their shots and we didn't.”
“They walked four guys and hit another in the seventh inning. When you're on our side in a situation like that, before you know it you have five earned runs on only one hit.”
Ed Yates
“It was a close game. Fortunately we had that (seventh) inning where we scored some runs and it eases you up a little going into that last inning.”
Tony Esposito
“When I came out in the seventh, I saw that we still hadn't given up a hit. That's when I got a little nervous. That's the first point I thought this could be a no-hitter.”
Robert Ray
