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.
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.
guys jordan looking moving played
Jordan hasn't played in a long time, and he really sparked us today. That's what we're looking for when we're moving guys in and out of the lineup. We're looking for that spark.
base best days josh looked offensive played second tried whether
Josh had one of his best offensive days when he played second base at Davis. And whether it's psychological or not, we tried it out just to see, and he did well today. He looked much better at the plate.
anywhere bats cold dodging everywhere good hopefully played rain rather starts turn warm weather
I'd rather be anywhere if the weather would turn better. We haven't played in good weather yet-we've been dodging rain and cold everywhere we've been. Hopefully our bats will warm up once the weather starts to get warm here, but they haven't yet.
against competition environment good hostile level rising
We're going to be in a hostile environment against a very good team. It's going to take us rising to the level of our competition (to win).
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.
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.
against hometown motivated
There's someone who's going to be very motivated to do well against his hometown team.
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.
coming continue easier fewer four happen hitting per push strike striking
I think they're coming around. We strike out four or fewer times per game, and that's excellent. It's a whole lot easier to get yourself hitting if you're already (making contact) than to get yourself hitting from striking out. If we continue to push and feel positive, it'll happen if we make it happen.
errors game pitch
Those are our staples-we pitch and play defense. That's about as many errors as we've made in a game all year, especially at home.
almost anybody game impossible sweep tough
What we would have to do to make it is almost impossible to do if you think about it. But one game at a time, it's a lot more manageable. It's tough to sweep anybody on Friday.
team
If we're going to be the team we need to be, we need them both.