Dave Esquer
Dave Esquer
David Charles Esqueris the head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team...
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.
errors game pitch
Those are our staples-we pitch and play defense. That's about as many errors as we've made in a game all year, especially at home.
average error given margin middle pitching position runners scoring staff
Our middle of the lineup and our average with runners in scoring position just haven't been that good. We haven't given our pitching staff any margin for error yet, and that's been a little frustrating.
ballpark develop except goal good hard pitching time
Our goal is to just develop some consistency, so we know when we come out to the ballpark how we're going to play. We haven't done that except for pitching and good defense. We've had a hard time getting going offensively.
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.
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.
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.
good guys hard job keeping pressure runs score
We've got to get some of these big guys going to take some of the pressure off of our pitching. We've done a good job keeping the score down, but unfortunately runs have been hard to come by.
best conference gain momentum playing prior rather
We're not playing our best yet, so that's a little concerning. We'll have to gain some of that momentum in the conference rather than prior to.
happens short
Time's getting short. But if it happens for a short while, there's going to be some satisfaction in there.
closer forced hand hot roll starts true until
We don't have a true closer right now, so we're going to play the hot hand. We're kind of forced to play the hot hand and let it roll until it starts to falter, and unfortunately it did.
good hit hopefully met waiting warm
We still haven't met up with any warm weather, so we're still waiting to thaw out a little bit. That's not an excuse, but hopefully we hit some good weather.
bats believe starting taken time
We're starting to believe a little bit. We're starting to believe in our bats a little bit, and it's taken a long time to get there. That's big for us.
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.