Dave Esquer
Dave Esquer
David Charles Esqueris the head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team...
break either four ground hit played running work
A break like this can work either way. You can hit the ground running or you can play like you haven't played in four weeks.
fall guys rhythm turns
It's just for a different look. It's just to see the rhythm of how things fall when the lineup turns over and to see how guys fall just to give me an idea of how things flow.
consistency ourselves played plenty
They played well. We had plenty of opportunities, and we just couldn't do it. We give ourselves opportunities to win, but we haven't had enough consistency to really get us on a roll.
highest level plays
It's about us-we've got to play well (for) ourselves. If we play at our highest level and (Stanford) plays well, we'll take our chances.
hold hurt obviously risk starters thinking
Thinking of the long season, it's better to hold him out than to risk injury. I don't know if (his absence) was a factor, but obviously not having one of your starters out there can hurt you.
cost couple defense effort errors flu good last lucky mistakes night seven stomach three
Our defense has made seven errors in the last three games. I don't think we've made seven errors all year. (Ross) had a stomach flu the night before, so we were lucky that he could even pitch. It was a good effort on his part and we made a couple mistakes that cost him.
closer days games park today tough
It was tough today. On days like today this park can keep games a lot closer than they should be.
players team
Some players have to play and have to play well for us to be the team we want to be.
bad four hurt league losses recover three trying weekend won
We've won three out of our four (conference) series, but unfortunately one bad weekend in league can hurt you. Two one-run losses and one big-series loss and we're still trying to recover from that.
allen behind game guys hit percent proper rely sixty stuck team waiting
Sixty percent of the time, if he makes an out then we're stuck waiting for an extra-base hit from the guys behind him. It's just the proper play. It's kind of by the book, but this is a team game and we have to rely on more than just Allen Craig.
happens short
Time's getting short. But if it happens for a short while, there's going to be some satisfaction in there.
good hit hopefully met waiting warm
We still haven't met up with any warm weather, so we're still waiting to thaw out a little bit. That's not an excuse, but hopefully we hit some good weather.
best conference gain momentum playing prior rather
We're not playing our best yet, so that's a little concerning. We'll have to gain some of that momentum in the conference rather than prior to.
good guys hard job keeping pressure runs score
We've got to get some of these big guys going to take some of the pressure off of our pitching. We've done a good job keeping the score down, but unfortunately runs have been hard to come by.