Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gibbons

We had some good at-bats and some clutch hitting there in the ninth. That's the first time we ever did anything with Baez this year.

All the credit goes to our kids. What a great job after a rough first game, and it started on the mound. Evan Crawford was really good and he did an outstanding job of getting us seven innings. Justin Bristow and Jonathan Rasberry then provided big, clutch hits for us late.

Another strong pitching performance for us. Our pitching and defense has been good, we just have to come up with some runs and clutch hits.

Our entire lineup can hit the ball. What's missing is the clutch hits. It might be a lack of focus or the pressure of moment.

Offensively, it was big-hit night. We had some clutch hitting, which was nice to see. It was a good win for us.

Another clutch hit. That was a nice piece of hitting.

First time, yes. Second time, no. He uses that too much, in the back of your mind you know he has that, it's one of those pitches you know you can double clutch and still hit it. If he hasn't thrown it all game and he has two strikes on a guy and he throws it up there, it's going to mess a guy up.

Marcus Giles

Same old Pedro he's been the last couple of years. He keeps you off balance. We had our chances, we just couldn't get any clutch hits.

They're the leaders of our team. When the game is in clutch situations, they're supposed to take that big shot or make a big play. So when they get the ball, they take that on themselves.

Dusty Baker

Zambrano threw a heck of a game. I tried to let him get his 15th (win). We just played a good game, an outstanding game. Pettitte threw a good game, and it was all knotted up. Michael B. (Barrett) got a clutch, clutch hit.

They got the hits (in clutch situations) and we didn't. They were a better team than we were (Monday) night.

Steve Sullivan

You can't just sit back and hold on to leads now. With the way the rules are now, you have to keep going after it. The rules don't let you clutch and grab, so it's more a game of offense.

John McDonald

It's just clutch hitting and, at some point in baseball, that just starts to happen.

Dan Johnson

It seems like he gets the big hit every time we need them. He's been clutch when we've needed something. I can count a number of times this year when we've needed something and he's driven in runs.

It's a tough place to play. I thought Tanner Gregory played a great game tonight. I can't say enough about the kid. Not only did he score but he made, I don't know how many, clutch plays for us.

He's a pretty clutch jumper. Hopefully he'll pull something off this weekend.

Brittany was clutch tonight. She talked all day about being ready to play and was consistent throughout. She was our MVP tonight.

(Brown) got off to a slow start, but he has come a long way; his work ethic at practice ? he likes it up here. He's gotten a better understanding of our game week by week. He plays strong defense and he's really had some clutch performances. When we need a basket, he's usually the guy who gets it done.

Bernie, he's a clutch hitter. That's the way he plays. He's proven it through the years. He hit a tough pitch back the middle. He's professional who makes clutch hits. He's always done it.

Big rebounds in clutch situations. That's what it's going to take for us to win -- defense. We can shoot. But we've got to make sure we play with intensity.

It was very difficult to get comparable runs in during the morning session as there were plenty of red flags and a short spell of rain. We continued with our compound tests, however, as well as putting some very useful mileage on some revised clutch parts to prove their reliability.

Ryan Hall

It was very, very crucial for us to win this game today because (our record would be) 2-4 and then we'd have to win three of four. Webber had a clutch hit. I think that kind of took the wind out of their sails. That was huge. Scoring with two outs, that's just a bonus.

That was a clutch putt. I didn't want to make double there.

That was a big clutch hit. Scott hasn't played in two years. He's been real help to us this season.

A lack of clutch hits has been a problem for us the last couple of weeks. We've been getting hits but not when we need them.

We had to foul toward the end. They had clutch free-throw shooting at the end.

Those were big, clutch hits. That's exactly what we haven't gotten in the playoffs the last couple of years.

We just love having him come up in a tight game. He's such a clutch guy and has been the last two years.

I've been coaching Aynsley in all sports for years and she's always been a clutch performer. She's unorthodox in her form sometimes, but she always gets the job done.

Matt Clement

I've been on teams for three years and I haven't seen as many clutch hits as he's had this year. If that's not enough to win the MVP, I don't know what is.

We got the clutch hits when we needed them.

We got some good clutch hitting tonight. It was your typical opening game. We made some mistakes but continued to fight.

Judy Smith

We got some clutch hitting tonight. That's something, we haven't been doing.