Phil Garner
Phil Garner
Philip Mason Garneris an American former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 April 1949
CityJefferson City, TN
control good simple win
We've got to buckle down and play some good ball. We're still in control of our own desitny. If we can't win it, we can't win it. It's simple as that.
demon hanging
We've just got this demon hanging over our head, and it's a zero.
control good problems
We've had problems with the Cardinals, no question. We've just got to buckle down now and play some good ball. We're still in control of our destiny.
ends
Well, if it ends like it did, ... that would be fine.
move situation
Tonight, we had a double-play situation and made the move right there.
assess games goal win
This was a big win for us. But our goal is to get 15 games over .500 and then assess where we are.
amount game good hoping needs pitch time
This will be good for Brandon. He had a good amount of time off. I'm hoping he's healthy, and I think he will be. He needs to go out to pitch like it's the first game of the World Series.
We're not 100%, but we're back. It's a boost.
asking counting kept whether
We kept counting over there, ... I was asking whether we would get another hit.
ballpark best bottom coming history line played step
We're not in the best of situations, obviously, but we feel pretty good. We've got a history of being able to do it. We're coming back to our ballpark where we played pretty well. But bottom line is we need to step up and do it.
across couple fighting good job looked run turn win
We had a couple of chances. We couldn't get a run across the plate, but we got back in the ballgame. We did a good job fighting to get back into the ballgame. It looked like we were going to turn it and win it.
chance win
We had a chance to win this ballgame,
ballgame chance failed hit jason lane top win
We had a chance to win the ballgame when we had the top of our lineup up, but couldn't, ... We had every chance to win but failed to put the ball in play. Jason Lane was the only one to hit the ball hard.
clicking seemed start
We seemed to start clicking pretty well when we made that move.