Dave Esquer
Dave Esquer
David Charles Esqueris the head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team...
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.
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.
team
If we're going to be the team we need to be, we need them both.
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.
needs
I feel for the kid. He needs at least a little luck.
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.
best respect
We've got a lot of respect for them and we know that we'll have to play our best to win.
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.