Quotes by Mat O'Brien

“There were a couple of competitive games for us, but it was more of how we played than who we played. When we were at our best, we took care of a lot of teams.”

“We didnt hit the ball great. That is to be expected, though. Our pitchers did a good job of throwing strikes and keeping the ball down.”

“That never gets old as a coach. I know when (Thomas) goes to the mound hes going to throw strikes. Theres never a question about that. And if you can do that, more times than not youre going to come out on the right side of things.”

“We did jump on them. Thats a long bus ride and we just got after them right away.”

“Thats what youre going to get. He throws strikes and goes after guys. He did a good job changing speed and keeping them off-balance, and we go some great defensive plays behind him, too.”

“I am actually glad that we got ourselves in that situation. I wanted to see how we would react to the adversity. We played some small ball and got the job done.”

“The guys are continuing to swing the bats really well. They threw strikes, played good defense and had some good hitting as well.”