Mike Scioscia Guys Quotations

If we had a lineup that had seven guys with the potential to hit 25 to 30 home runs, it would be a bit more sit back and slug baseballs. We don't have that ability. I think it's great. I think it's baseball. I love it.

Guys who relied on them are going to have to find alternative solutions. Obviously, some players have leaned on them. There have always been things that players used.

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.

Some guys need opportunities. He has worked very hard with his stuff and feels very confident with it. He is at a point now where he understands the importance of location and consistency. He has made great strides.

Our feeling is this: I know the guys in our clubhouse. If they scheduled a game for 1 in the morning, we're going to show up and play, ... We have a tough schedule, but we're still playing baseball and we're getting to do something we enjoy.

It is something that we would welcome, but it is not an absolute necessity, ... does not have to hit home runs to be productive. What we need is for his production to get back to where it needs to be. He is one of the premier RBI guys in the last few years and we need that to re-emerge.

You have to execute out there. We were fortunate we were able to. This is the way the series is going to be for as far as it goes. And those guys will execute, we know that, so we'd better be playing at a high level.

That's the package these guys bring to the game,

That was a key with Gregg. Paul Byrd wasn't sharp tonight, but he went as far as he could. I think Kevin Gregg coming in and keeping us in the game was very important, and the other guys followed suit.

Those guys improvised, and we were able to get it done.

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.

We had a lot of guys in our 'pen step up. Kelvim just shined the whole night. That's one of the big reasons why we have him for depth down there, and tonight it certainly paid off.

There are some things in our offense that have started to come together. We have some of the guys that we will need to be productive this season starting to swing the bat.

We absorbed non-production from some guys the best we could,

We're going to have to do a better job on offense, getting guys on base early and doing some of the things we want to do,

This is out of the blue. Everything you could have messed up, we messed up out there. These guys have played terrific defense all year, so it's very uncharacteristic.

Their focus and direction in spring doesn't change because we signed Jeff Weaver. There are always guys that will have to step up.

Bedard did a nice job of getting out of some jams after we had some guys in scoring positions. He threw the ball very well. Against a guy who's throwing well, you need to maximize your opportunities.

The guys who have to hit aren't on our bench, ... The guys who have to hit are already in our lineup.

These guys are going to hit, ... We just obviously need it to start now.

A lot of times the pitch you need to get a guy out is either out of the zone or in the dirt and you need to block the ball or tag the guy out. Our guys work on that and our pitchers need to have confidence to throw that 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.