May 31, 2009
Postgame Quotes
Tim Corbin
Opening Statement
“I am really proud of my pitcher, Christiani. I just really wanted something good to happen to him tonight. He was the right guy at the right time. I thought he pitched well and kept us in the ballgame. We did a nice job of stopping a tough team in a tough environment. We are fortunate and it was a good ballgame for us.”
On the bullpen being well-rested
“That was really important for us, to almost get two complete games. Sonny could have thrown a complete game, but we wanted to give some others some work. It was nice to have someone fresh behind Nick in Drew, and Chase did a nice job of closing it out.”
On the approach for tomorrow
“I think it was a four game tournament and then it became a three game, then a two. Now it’s a one game tournament.”
Brian Harris
On grabbing the momentum early in the game
“I think the momentum was good, coming off a win in the first game. We want to take it one game at a time. We want to carry the momentum we have.”
On the double plays
“The double plays were huge momentum swings for us. With a guy on first, there was a line drive double play, and we had one in the sixth inning. It pumps you back up, and it pumps the whole team back up. ”
Nick Christiani
On the start of the game
“The first two innings I probably felt as out of sync as I felt all year, but after that I settled down and tried to keep the ball down. We have a great infield and outfield, but our infielders played tremendous and we tried to get a lot of ground balls.”
On reacting to the first two innings
“Coach told me to settle down. I just tried to get into a rhythm and after that and I was able to keep the ball downstairs.”
Louisville Head Coach Dan McDonnell
Opening Statement
“It was a frustrating night on our end. I thought we got outplayed in every aspect of the game; pitching, hitting, and defense.”
“You have to give the credit to their hitters. It was a bad game on our part. You have to tip your hat to them. They played well and we didn’t. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We have to get ready to play a great game tomorrow night.”
On the double play ball
“I didn’t think they tagged Chris. I came running out of the dugout, and I didn’t know which umpire to argue with first.”
Louisville third baseman Chris Dominguez
On his hitting
“In the first, I thought I had a good swing, but it wasn’t enough to clear the fence. I think I’m due for one here soon. In order for our team to win games we have to hit.”
On the team’s defensive play
“We have played good defense for a couple of games. We need to play good defense and have good pitching and hitting during the postseason.”
Louisville first baseman Andrew Clark
On what adjustments need to be made
“We have to stay short, lay off the pitches in the dirt and hit more strikes.”