Missouri Quotes
5/23/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 23, 2009
2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship
Missouri Press Conference Quotes
Game 11 -- May 23, 2009
AT&T Bricktown Ballpark
Head Coach Tim Jamieson
Opening Statement:
"It's a scrappy victory and those of you who watched it probably think we had no business winning the game, but we found a way to get it done. That's how we've been playing the second half of the season, and I'd take our team in any ballgame. I know we are going to compete and have a chance to win it, and we made some big-time plays. One key to the game was getting out of those early innings with only a couple of runs and of course the ninth inning they had a couple of chances to put us away and we kept fighting."
On changes they have made in the last couple of weeks to make them a better team:
"I think we're making good decisions, we're making the timely plays and have timely hitting, and that's how you win baseball games. When you play great competition like we are and will, you have to make the big things happen. If you only get four hits, you have to be opportunistic when those are put together. You have to score a lot."
On this game helping chances to host an NCAA regional in Columbia:
"I think it helps. I think three Big 12 teams are deserving of it, and we come behind Texas and Oklahoma. We finished third in the conference, and it's about how we're playing now and our capability of winning a regional. I would think that we're at least in the discussion."
Junior infielder Michael Liberto
On the final play:
"Coach told me it's the 55th game of the season and we can't be making mistakes like that -- talking about the one that I gave back when I threw it and nobody was even running. So I threw it and I had to make up for it. Yesterday somebody was saying they experience a state of flow, you don't see or hear anything and all you see is the ball, and I guess that's what happened. I just called the ball and fielded it and threw it to first to get the out."
Senior infielder Kyle Mach
On what it would mean to host a regional during his senior season:
"That's what we're here playing for. That has been our goal here all season, to host a regional. It would be awesome to stay home, sleep in our own beds. It's a pretty big advantage when you're able to stay in the same routine so that is definitely our main goal."
Sophomore pitcher Nick Tepesch
On his approach coming into today's game:
"Coach (Tony) Vitello always stresses to take one inning at a time, and that's just what I went out thinking in the first nning -- to get that one under my belt and just go from there."
