Roy Oswalt
Roy Oswalt
Roy Edward Oswaltis an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the majority of his career with the Houston Astros. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Texas Rangers, and the Colorado Rockies...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 August 1977
CityWeir, MS
broke fine game
It broke the game open, ... You don't need to be so fine then.
came catch game knew knowing
We came in here knowing they had to catch us and knew the game we had to play.
aggressive ball fine game gets hit lead throwing
To get us a one-run lead gets you right back into the game for us, ... You don't have to be so fine as to throwing a ball around the plate. You can still be aggressive and make them hit the ball early.
careers games seasons
You have one good game or season, so what? You have to have a career.
games guy likes
I've always been a guy who likes big games.
beat build game
It's big, especially to beat them here, ... It's the first game we beat them here. It's big for us to build some confidence.
battling feeling good hit seeing somebody team
I thought the way the team was battling and we had been seeing Maddux pretty well, if we could get something going with a hit or get somebody on, I had a good feeling we'd come back.
team wins
The 20 wins is nice, but it's a whole lot better that this team is in the playoffs,
goes matter
It doesn't matter who goes first, who goes last,
baseball biggest early gone groove hopefully memories momentum pitch stadium
This stadium has a lot of baseball memories in it, and to come back here and pitch in this stadium before it's gone is great. Hopefully the biggest thing with us is to get going early, get in a groove early and hopefully get some momentum going our way.
bit came figured hit plate slider start throw zone
I don't give in, (so I) throw fastballs in the zone and make him hit it. I figured if I can start a slider a little bit out off the plate that he'd give up on it, and (I) was able to do it. And it came back over the plate for a strike.
means playoffs
To get 20 is great, but to get to the playoffs means more.
playoffs pulled team together
To get 20 is great, but to get to the playoffs is more. We've come a long way, especially the way the team pulled together and started playing.
biggest olympics starts
Those two starts in the Olympics were some of my biggest starts.