May 27, 2006

BAYLOR QUOTES

Head Coach - Steve Smith
"I thought it was a well-played game. It is a game of timely hits I guess. We only hit a couple of balls hard and Beamer's (Weems) homerun was obviously the big hit in the game. Neither team really struck it well, but they hit the ball hard a few times. I thought Kevin's (Russo) double play when (Jake) Weghorst entered the game was a huge play. Our bullpen was pretty solid. They threw strikes and we didn't put a lot of guys on. I thought Cory (VanAllen) competed really well. He had a good fastball and got some outs with some other stuff."

Player Quotes - Beamer Weems, SS, Fr.
On playing in his first Big 12 Tournament... "I think it's just the atmosphere. All the other guys kept saying how much fun it was and I'm just glad that we had a pretty solid weekend defensively. It's a little bit more (than I anticipated); all the fans and players have been awesome."

"I've been seeing the ball pretty good and Coach Thompson and I started working on pitches I've been getting myself out on. I'm just waiting for the pitcher to make a mistake now."

Player Quotes - Kevin Russo, 3B, Sr.
"We had first and second and no outs. We needed a double play; I was trying to be selfish because I wanted a triple play, but we needed the double and got it. I was just fortunate that it was hit to me at the right time. It came up on me a little bit, but anyone on the team would've made the play...it was just the right ball at the right time."

"Any win is big. I want to win every game I play in - it doesn't matter if it's the last or the first game of the season. I want to win no matter what. Even if we're 0-2 in a tournament, I want to win. I just want to play."

TEXAS TECH QUOTES

Head Coach - Larry Hays
"VanAllen was good. Part of the problem was the lead off walk that led to a run. I felt like VanAllen didn't give us a lot of opportunities. Today was a game. They pitched nine innings. When we have a close game we can't give them lead off hits. We have a young team. I thought we would do better than we have. At the beginning I said we will take what we can get. We have never got the rhythm. I made a mistake after the Baylor series by thinking we would go on a streak. We have two or three excuses, but I am not bringing them up. We have worn them out. We have eight pitchers and most of our guys coming back. We have an opportunity next season. We will see what we can do with it."

Player Quotes - Kyle Martin, SS, Jr.
"I didn't make a couple of plays and it ended up hurting us in the long run. It was the big inning that allowed them to go ahead and win. It wasn't necessarily tough...we did put some pressure on them; we just didn't get the timely hits. It's been the story of the last couple of games, but we just needed a timely hit."