Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
Michael Lorri Sciosciais an American former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is currently the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball. As a player, Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. He was selected to two All-Star Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13-year MLB career, which was spent entirely...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 November 1958
CityUpper Darby, PA
We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pitching is to match them pitch for pitch.
We certainly set the table, but we couldn't get that hit with guys in scoring position. (Rodrigo Lopez) made some pitches to put some guys away that were on the money, and we just couldn't put pressure on him. We just couldn't get that one hit to kind of get things going.
The way he carried himself on the field, the little things he did made a difference in what his pitchers could do. He was terrific.
Ervin was a little bit shy on command, but when he needed to make pitches he did.
Brandon has made some great strides. There was a little bit of question that he would be too big to play shortstop, but he has proved to be a premium talent. He has dynamite in his bat. His challenge now is to step up to better pitching and to excel at a higher level.
(Washburn) is feeling better but it could be more than one start (missed). He'll pitch when he's at a level that he can go out there and compete and not be at risk.
That's a tough lineup, and you have to make pitches in good locations to get them out. I think he got a little too fine in some counts.
When that happens it puts more of a burden on a guy like Vlad. Sometimes you can pitch around one guy in the middle, and we've seen that. When Vlad was out of the lineup we hung in there. We had some guys swinging the bat well. I don't think we go as far as Vlad goes, but we need more than that.
I think he looks very smooth back there, and it's obvious that he works well with the pitching staff. He's mobile, he's got a quick release, and I think his arm is solid.
John looks ready to go. He's one of the top pitchers in our league. He had quite a year.
We had to pitch well tonight. John did a great job, along with Scot and Frankie. We got some big two-out hits, which were important.
We had to pitch our butts off the whole series. We didn't have a lot of options at that point, but we had a lot of confidence in Ervin. Ervin Santana 's the story tonight.
Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.
I'd be surprised if Jon missed 12 pitches all night. His first-strike ratio was incredible. Those guys are horses. We have to do a better job of getting to them early.