Dave Esquer
Dave Esquer
David Charles Esqueris the head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team...
bunch coming experience game guys pitch pitching staff
We're going to pitch a lot of guys and kind of have a staff day-a bunch of guys pitching an inning or two apiece. We're going to get some guys some game experience that they're going to need in these coming weekends.
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.
base best days josh looked offensive played second tried whether
Josh had one of his best offensive days when he played second base at Davis. And whether it's psychological or not, we tried it out just to see, and he did well today. He looked much better at the plate.
capable establish indicative level matured obviously team
I think it's indicative of a young team that hasn't matured yet that we play to the level of our competition. We've got to establish some consistency. We obviously know what we're capable of at our best, and we're not at our best.
highest level plays
It's about us-we've got to play well (for) ourselves. If we play at our highest level and (Stanford) plays well, we'll take our chances.
break either four ground hit played running work
A break like this can work either way. You can hit the ground running or you can play like you haven't played in four weeks.
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.
consistency ourselves played plenty
They played well. We had plenty of opportunities, and we just couldn't do it. We give ourselves opportunities to win, but we haven't had enough consistency to really get us on a roll.
anywhere bats cold dodging everywhere good hopefully played rain rather starts turn warm weather
I'd rather be anywhere if the weather would turn better. We haven't played in good weather yet-we've been dodging rain and cold everywhere we've been. Hopefully our bats will warm up once the weather starts to get warm here, but they haven't yet.
guys jordan looking moving played
Jordan hasn't played in a long time, and he really sparked us today. That's what we're looking for when we're moving guys in and out of the lineup. We're looking for that spark.
team
If we're going to be the team we need to be, we need them both.
competition game rhythm takes
He's close. He's real close. It's just getting into game rhythm-that's all that is. It's not his technique, it's not his ability. You've got to get in a rhythm of competition and it just takes a while for someone to get started.
great guys worked
These guys aren't going to go down easy. We scrambled, we used everyone we had, and it worked out great for us.
needs
I feel for the kid. He needs at least a little luck.