Scott Downs
Scott Downs
Scott Jeremy Downsis an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago White Sox. He has been a starter, reliever and closer during his baseball career...
aggressive ahead battle bit felt helped pick plays sharp trying
We kind of helped them out a little bit, but that's baseball. We made the plays when we had to, ... I wasn't so aggressive when I got ahead in the count. I felt like I was trying to pick a little bit and my curveball wasn't as sharp at times. Those are the things you've got to battle through.
hits
We got some big hits in big situations. Two out hits are big and we got some big ones today.
atmosphere chance fun
We have a chance to play spoilers right now. It's fun to play in an atmosphere like this.
everybody happy injuries pull together until whatever
I have just been happy to make whatever contribution I can to help. With the injuries you just have to pull together until we get everybody back.
early game glad good helps instead lets pound strong tough zone
That's a tough lineup. To get a five-spot early helps and lets you pound the zone a little bit. I got the curveball to Ortiz -- he's just a strong guy. It was a pretty good pitch, I thought, but that happens. I'm glad it was a 5-1 game instead of a 5-4 game.
great line mold offensive
He'll mold our offensive line into a great unit.
against earned few games good jordan lost pitchers season wins
He should have more wins than he has. He's earned more wins, but he's been in games against very good pitchers and lost a few low-scoring games. But Jordan has been very good all season long.
deserves fantastic great runs wins year
He was fantastic again. He's been great all year and deserves more wins than he has because we have not scored runs for him.
behind errors matter plays
He had some errors behind him. They were plays we should have made, but when you come back and win, it doesn't matter as much.
depth expect five games good guys later missing playing season time winning
We're missing five starters. We need them back, but we're winning games now with guys I didn't expect to get much playing time this season and that's good for our depth later in the season.
amount played system
The system will be new to everybody. Right now, we don't have a quarterback that has played any significant amount of time.
chance emphasis football observe players point returning spring starter virtual winter
A point of emphasis with us right now is that we do not have a virtual returning starter at any position. That's the way we want to go into spring drills. As a staff, we are now evaluating our players on the field. We've had a chance to observe them through winter conditioning, but now let's see where we're at as a football team.
against ball game great hung knew proud teams today top
I'm proud of our guys. They never quit, they knew what they were going up against today and they hung in there and battled. It was a great ball game for the top two small-school teams in the area.
behind keeping pitches putting team
I'm making pitches when I need to make pitches and I'm not putting myself behind the eight-ball. It's all about keeping your team in the game. If we get nine, I can give up eight. As long as your team's in the game, I've done my job.