Phil Garner
Phil Garner
Philip Mason Garneris an American former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 April 1949
CityJefferson City, TN
behind consistent given gotten pitching though
He had not been pitching on a consistent basis, ... Even though he had given up only two hits, he had gotten behind a lot of hitters.
ahead behind bit good job needed pitches
He did a good job of making pitches when he needed to. We'd like to see him pitch ahead a bit more. He got behind a lot of hitters. But he did a pretty good job of making the pitches when he had to.
fine job marvelous nice pitches threw
He did a fine job today. He did a nice job. He threw strikes, used his pitches well. He did a marvelous job. Boy, did we need it.
boy fine job
He did a fine job today, and boy did we need it.
ball given good hit rather runs supposed walk
He did what he was supposed to do, I'd rather see two runs given up because he's making them hit the ball and put in play than walk guys. To me, that's a good outing.
both certainly critical field game glad good imagine line lose sides somebody win
I can't imagine a better game with as much on the line as this game and to have performances on both sides of the field that were as critical and as good as they were. It was unfortunate that somebody had to win or had to lose this game. I'm certainly glad we won.
game line
I can't imagine, ... a better game with as much on the line as this game.
series start tennessee
Getting this World Series start is probably going to go a long way in getting him over the Tennessee loss.
baggy excited happy utilize
I am excited to no end that Bagwell is with us now, ... We'll be able to utilize Baggy and I'm happy for him.
affect applaud locate reason
I applaud him for going through it, but I think it probably had a little affect on him during the game, ... And that's one reason he didn't locate as well as he has been recently.
applaud effect
I applaud him for getting through it, ... But I think it probably had a little effect on him.
assess games goal win
This was a big win for us. But our goal is to get 15 games over .500 and then assess where we are.
amount game good hoping needs pitch time
This will be good for Brandon. He had a good amount of time off. I'm hoping he's healthy, and I think he will be. He needs to go out to pitch like it's the first game of the World Series.
roy tone
What Roy did tonight, he set a tone right from the get-go,