Scott Downs
Scott Downs
Scott Jeremy Downsis an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago White Sox. He has been a starter, reliever and closer during his baseball career...
great line mold offensive
He'll mold our offensive line into a great unit.
depth expect five games good guys later missing playing season time winning
We're missing five starters. We need them back, but we're winning games now with guys I didn't expect to get much playing time this season and that's good for our depth later in the season.
against earned few games good jordan lost pitchers season wins
He should have more wins than he has. He's earned more wins, but he's been in games against very good pitchers and lost a few low-scoring games. But Jordan has been very good all season long.
deserves fantastic great runs wins year
He was fantastic again. He's been great all year and deserves more wins than he has because we have not scored runs for him.
everybody happy injuries pull together until whatever
I have just been happy to make whatever contribution I can to help. With the injuries you just have to pull together until we get everybody back.
behind errors matter plays
He had some errors behind him. They were plays we should have made, but when you come back and win, it doesn't matter as much.
aggressive ahead battle bit felt helped pick plays sharp trying
We kind of helped them out a little bit, but that's baseball. We made the plays when we had to, ... I wasn't so aggressive when I got ahead in the count. I felt like I was trying to pick a little bit and my curveball wasn't as sharp at times. Those are the things you've got to battle through.
hits
We got some big hits in big situations. Two out hits are big and we got some big ones today.
atmosphere chance fun
We have a chance to play spoilers right now. It's fun to play in an atmosphere like this.
amount played system
The system will be new to everybody. Right now, we don't have a quarterback that has played any significant amount of time.
bad blowing hit strong tonight wind
The one Cantu hit wasn't a bad pitch, he's just a strong kid, ... Tonight with the wind blowing out it didn't take a whole lot.
ball executing falling pitches throwing tough worry
Everything was working for me today. Right now I'm executing my pitches and throwing the ball where I want and things are falling my way. They've got a pretty tough lineup, but you worry about every lineup.
step teddy trying
As a whole staff, we're just trying to step it up while Doc and Teddy are out,
changed couple game hits
That was a big play because they'd had a couple of hits and the game could have changed dramatically.