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Related We were neck and neck with the Ranch, leading by two runs in the fifth inning and losing the lead in... ABE YAMADA I was happy with how we played in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. But it was too little, too la... BRIAN SHIPLEY Nothing went our way today in the second game. We came out kind of flat. ALEX NWAKA I was OK for six innings. For one inning I had trouble getting the third out in the sixth inning. BYUNG-HYUN KIM It was nice to see us come out again (offensively). We've been swinging the bats well. We sent six b... BOB GRIMES In the second inning we made two consecutive errors and they scored two runs us. And then they had t... CHAD BELL I think we kind of underestimated them. We came out tired. When we realized that we weren't playing ... KELLY DUNNE Ninety-nine percent of this game is between your ears. When he got out of the second, he was really ... LYLE WESNESKI We came out early and scored some runs. But we didn't get totally focused until the fourth inning. F... AMY HUNT We came out soft and slow, got going in the second and had the defense really save us in the third a... DENNIS CROMER We were down 6-4 going into the fourth. They scored (almost) all their runs in the bottom of the thi... MITCH ASHMORE We came out in the third quarter and went to work. DICK CORN We came out flat. In the second inning, we couldn't make a play. That was our downfall right there. WESLEY TAKIMOTO We seem to have those types of innings every game. We went brain-dead there in the second inning. JOHNNY OLSEN We started out slow but came back the second game to win in extra points. Our girls never gave up. W... STEPHANIE AQUILA The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ... DAVID BEASLEY We played almost four innings of tough defense against them. The one inning that hurt us was the fou... KAREN VANDYKE We came out in the second half with no life and our defense broke down. KIRK SPERAW We did everything we were suppose to do in the first and second (quarters). I have always preached t... DANNY LABASAN The wheels came off the cart in the sixth and seventh innings. BILL FREEMAN We came out firing and our defense was really good. Then in the second quarter they went to a 1-3-1 ... JOSH FRUNZ Then we came back, thanks to the home runs. We usually don't get that kind of production as far as h... BUDDY BELL We'd struggled early in the game and committed seven errors, so we opened the door for them to take ... LINDSAY MCCARGAR We are fourth, fifth and sixth in the state. We easily could be one, two and three. We are not that ... JASON DELUCA We had a Saturday day game, and we went out, and I had dinner and a couple beers and went home to be... CRAIG BIGGIO We came out really, really strong in the first two quarters. But then, I don't know, we just kind of... JULIE FUTCH I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We came out flat in the second half. We came out and committed two costly fouls at the beginning of ... LEWIS JACKSON Butch came in the last two innings and we saw the old Butch. ERIC GUTIERREZ It [pain in the elbow] came on pretty good in the fourth inning. This really is frustrating for me. ... A.J. BURNETT We started out slow but came back and played well in the second and third game. BRUCE UDVARI We played six good innings, and then they really came after us. It just fell apart in the last innin... JANET LUGGE Our bats came alive after the first inning. We hit the ball really well. We just couldn't score when... CLIFFORD LEWIS Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early ... JOE CARUSO We've scored just two runs in the last 18 innings. We're not swinging the bats like we need to. We'r... DAVE MOATES We came back and went up with about four minutes left in the game. Our press made the difference lat... BRUCE HESS We just came out kind of tight. We couldn't get in a groove, but we came back in the second half and... LATOYA MILLS I knew in the locker room that we looked kind of dead and flat and I was worried when we came out. T... LORI CRUNK I was ready to leave him out there with his third, fourth, fifth and sixth fouls. Somebody that hot,... MIKE D'ANTONI Just getting ahead early, I think, was a big key. We came out kind of flat the first two innings. We... DAMON SUBLETT We came out and played hard. We didn't want to go home in second place. ANDREA BLODGETT I think the game was lost in the (third) when we gave up five runs, then two more in the fourth. I t... LUIS ALICEA We came out kind of slow. We kept our composure, and we stayed in the game with them. MARQUES ALSTON We didn't play well in the third quarter. I was pleased that we came out aggressive and confident on... JAY PETERS We just didn't pitch in the second game. The big inning killed us again. A lot of times the team tha... JAMES MANSINGER There's something about this team. Our bats seem to come alive after the fifth inning. We had some t... BRYANT KITTY In the second half we came out and changed our lineup. We came out with renewed enthusiasm and passi... BOB REASSO We haven't really stretched him yet. We scored some runs in the fifth inning, and I wanted to get so... DENNIS BRAUN We came out pretty hard, then had a bit of a letdown in the second period. But we battled hard in th... ROB NIEDERMAYER We came back and played great in that fourth quarter. I'm not even going to say the third quarter. W... JOSHUA JOHNSON Both pitchers were matching zeros across the board the whole game. They scored one in the fifth and ... ERIC REICHENBACH We've been in our bullpen with a lot of regularity this year in the fifth inning or starting the six... MIKE HARGROVE (The) tournament went pretty well. We played well as a team. We came out and won our first game (Ver... RANDY WILLIS We've kind of taken this the last two weeks that every game is a playoff game. We came out tonight, ... GEORGE FORNEY We came out a little more focused in the third quarter. We played strong defensively and kind of too... BOB CONWAY We haven't been scoring in the first inning, and the fact that we got those runs in the first inning... GARY MINER It really was a huge fourth quarter for us. We had struggled in the second and third quarter. At the... DAN PFAFF I didn't think we played very well to start off. I was proud of the way we settled down and held the... CLAY MARTIN In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here. DANIEL BARENBOIM We came out in the second half firing and we just had to stick to what we knew. We found a way to do... COREY MURTAUGH We had a pretty neat group of kids who came a long way back in the tournament. We lost our first gam... JACK KING Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow. JIM GENOVESE We can make sure to get him game ready hitting-wise. He went through minimal rehab when he came back... KEN MACHA We came out swinging the bats fairly well. Defensively, we had a tough break. A few costly errors le... DAVID REYES They came out and pressured hard in the first half, and then kind of lost their legs a little bit in... JOHN ELLINGER That was the difference. We had runners at second and third with nobody out and didn't score. We jus... PATRICK MOORE We lost runs in the first inning and had a runner on in the second. BILL GARDNER Those first two innings were big opportunities to score a lot more than we did. Three (runs) in the ... DAVE CLARK we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI In the first half we struggled to get our legs. In the second, Halifax came out strong but we were a... BRIAN RENNO We had a lull there in the third quarter where they pushed it out but we came back and fought back a... GENE WATSON I think what kind of did us in was being ahead at halftime. We didn't come out (for the second half)... BEN TONON We found our legs, we found our game, in the third period. That's what really matters. We got the ga... MARC DENIS We went to a zone defense and the guys came out and played it well. They came out with a lot of enth... JACK NELSON We played hard. In the first game we really crushed the ball. But, give them (Capital) credit. Their... MIKE GILL We did. We kind of slacked up in the second and third quarters, then we came out and did what we had... TELYSHIA ADAMS We didn't know we could get three innings out of him. We sent him out there to get two. But he did s... MIKE HARGROVE You give a team five runs in an inning well, we didn't give them to (Mountain Crest). We gave the... SHANE JONES We weren't going to give up, ... We weren't going to stop. We kept pressing and we came out on top. ... ZACH PARISE We came out really strong in the third quarter. KYLE MCALLISTER It seems like our hot innings are the first, sixth and seventh. But somehow in the middle innings we... KIM SCHUETTE We ran into a buzz saw here. They're a very good team. They certainly came out swinging the bats, an... KEN MACHA They came out and fought real hard for a couple of quarters, ... Here at 'SC, we teach 'finish.' It'... LENDALE WHITE They came out and fought real hard for a couple of quarters. Here at 'SC, we teach 'finish.' It's no... LENDALE WHITE I saw someone on the overpass and as we went under and came out, something yellow, kind of like two ... BETH MARTIN So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We came out strong and made a nice run. Our third quarter defense was excellent, we came out with a ... BRIAN LAFFIN We had some big shots. We came out in the third with a little lull offensively. BRAD STAMPS But that's the kind of team we were that year. We were seven games out at the All-Star break. Califo... GEORGE BRETT A big and disappointing loss to close out a tough week. This is always a game I personally look forw... JEFF KANE It was a real tight game in the first and second period. In the third, I think we came out strong an... HENRIK ZETTERBERG I am really proud of the girls. They fought hard. We came out ready to play. We made several mental ... ANDREA FORD They came out pretty hot and we came out a little flat. The biggest turning point in the game for us... MATT CITRON The fifth inning was bad. The first hitter had a home run and we walked the next three. And we had t... BILL BECKWITH We hung in there, but we came out kind of flat in the second half. They pretty much dominated us in ... BILL UNZICKER We hadn't scored a lot of runs up to this point. We hit the ball hard in the first inning. We had 10... AL MCCULLOCK We came out with the energy to end it in the third. We survived a bit in the second, but I thought w... BRUCE MARSHALL In the first game, we kind of were a little passive. Tonight, I think we all understood that we coul... JASON KIDD I started hitting my spots in the later innings and just kept building on that. In the fifth, sixth ... ERIC MEYERCHICK He came in after the second inning and jokingly said to me, 'Well, at least I haven't thrown many pi... CARL WILLIS
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