Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
Michael Lorri Sciosciais an American former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is currently the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball. As a player, Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. He was selected to two All-Star Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13-year MLB career, which was spent entirely...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 November 1958
CityUpper Darby, PA
He'll be fresher and rested for Game 5 if we need to go that route. He's much better off in the slot we have him.
He laid off some pitches to get in some hitting counts, and when he got a pitch to hit, he was on it. I think he's got all the tools he needs now. It's going to be a matter of stamina, and maintaining 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.
He's had bouts of it over the past couple of weeks. We hope it will only be a couple of days.
He's had better at-bats for the last two or three weeks. He's becoming productive. We need Fin. It's good to see him contribute.
He was very comfortable on the defensive end.
He did a lot of the stuff we've seen him do. He shut the door when he had to.
Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.
But we're not going to get there if we don't play better baseball.
We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pitching is to match them pitch for 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.
You have to remember, ... he was No. 1 on a lot of people's list a couple of years ago.
We were facing a real potpourri of pitchers, ... Everyone who came in the game made good pitches. All of those guys, they've got some good young arms. Woodyard had good stuff. Fortunately, we got to them late.
We did a lot of good things. We played more the type of game we need ... and we brought our game on to the field today. That's what we have to do on a consistent basis.