Louisville Baseball Postgame Quotes
June 03, 2012 | Baseball
June 3, 2012
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Louisville Head Coach Dan McDonnell
"That is not a fun one to recap there. It was just giving up a lot of hits and not getting a lot on our side. It's a disappointing night all around, but tip your hat to Arizona--they were locked in and seem to be putting up 20 hits on double-digit runs on a consistent basis. You have to give a lot of credit to Arizona, but we can only control what we can control. We struggled on the mound and we struggled offensively."
"(Arizona) has older, more mature hitters. I love their balance, the way they move the ball, the way they fight pitches off. I've only seen them once and got an idea of what they did yesterday and seeing them in the opposing dugout tonight, that's a scary offense."
"If you can put up double-digit hits and double-digit runs in a regional, that's impressive, if you're playing against the top players in the country. (Arizona is) obviously hot right now, they're feeling good. Our offense was there at one point, but it hasn't been there in a while, so it's disappointing from our end."
"We have to have a short-term memory. We are playing a team that is feeling a little bit better than we are right now. We have to be mentally tough, tomorrow is a new day. We don't want to look ahead, but we would love to have another chance to play Arizona. Missouri is a very hot team, winning the Big 12 tournament and putting up a big number today when their backs were against the wall. I have a lot of respect for those guys and how they're playing right now, but I'm glad we're still alive. The sun will come up tomorrow and it comes up pretty hot and early here, so we are glad to have the opportunity to come out and play tomorrow."
Arizona Head Coach Andy Lopez
"Needless to say it's gone well the last couple of nights in terms of offense. Konner (Wade) pitched well tonight. The first inning was a little dicey, but after that he pitched really well. Pitch count got to 124 so we took him out. But it was good to swing the bats well for the second straight night."
Arizona Pitcher Konner Wade
"I came out too excited. I needed to take a breath and slow down. After that I settled down and just tried to pitch to contact."
Arizona Shortstop Alex Mejia
"(My offensive night) is kind of watered down. I take a lot of pride in my defense and in the first inning I put Konner (Wade) in some trouble. A ball up the middle that I let get by me probably should have been a double play. I swung the bat well, but I wish I played better defense."
Arizona Third Baseman Seth Mejias-Brean
"(Hitting fifth in the lineup) is a great feeling when the hitters in front of you are hitting and getting on base. It leaves less pressure on me. I get up with runners on first and second or second and third and I just have to put it in play to pick up and RBI."
