NCAA Baseball Regional Game 4 Quotes
06/03/12 | Baseball
Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Rick Vanderhook
On the game…
“They kicked our butt in every aspect of the game. They played a pretty perfect baseball game. My hat's off to them. They played in front of a big crowd and handled the pressure better than we did.”
“We got ourselves back into it, but didn't really do anything 7, 8, 9. When they had guys in scoring position they scored them. When we had guys in scoring position we didn't. That's the name of the game.”
On coaching against Horton…
“It was nerve-wracking, I'm not going to lie. I've gone against him a couple times as an assistant. They were very well prepared.”
“There were no secrets. They knew what we wanted to do, we knew what they wanted to do.”
Michael Lorenzen
On his home run…
“All of the momentum was on our side and we were trying to bank on it. It didn't work out for us.”
Dylan Floro
On his outing and the first inning…
“I had an error, I didn't trust my fastball. Ended up falling behind in the count.”
“I was out of my character. It just wasn't my game.”
Oregon Head Coach George Horton
Opening comments…
“We're excited, this was a special opportunity for me. I commend my warriors for playing Duck baseball and going after it.”
On Alex Keudell's pitching
“Alex (Keudell) got a little out of character, his mechanics got away from him in that five run inning. But the winningest pitcher in Oregon Baseball history held it together before handing it off to Jimmy (Sherfy).”
On the team…
“We thought our ball club was really in control tonight. They were excited and aggressive and if we show that same personality tomorrow, it gives up the best chance to win.”
On beating his alma mater…
“It's extra special because of the respect I have for the institution, it's my alma mater. They are tremendous coaches and they have made me better, those players are truly blessed to have that coaching staff. I'm proud that those guys (CSF) are leading that school, couldn't be a better group.”
On who he would like to play tomorrow…
“It has nothing to do with being the easier team to play or anything like that, but I'd like Cal State Fullerton to win because those are my guys.”
RHP Alex Keudell
On how he feels becoming the winningest pitcher in Oregon Baseball History…
“It hasn't sunk in yet, I'm sure it will after the season is over. Right now my main concern is focusing on tomorrow's game. I commend my offense for getting early hits and my defense for being behind me.”
On getting the win at home…
“Being at the regional and with the home crowd made it more special and it's been great.”
On the five run inning…
“Not to discredit their hits, but I think I put myself in that position to get all those runs on me.”
1B Ryon Healy
On improving from yesterday's game…
“Yesterday I was a little out of character with my approach, today I slowed things down to get RBI's and get the team some hits early.”
On playing against Coach Horton's old team…
“I think he (Coach Horton) has a lot of emotions he's not showing and it was great to beat his alma mater, it was a great team win.”
