Mike Hargrove Hit Quotations

Obviously, we didn't hit our spots today. When you miss as badly as we missed, you see what can happen. We just couldn't get the ball where wanted to.

Obviously, we didn't hit our spots. There were more than a few at-bats this series where we pitched him where we wanted to and we got him out.

He came out of it OK. I told him that's the hardest he's hit anything all spring.

I thought our pitching was pretty good today. The Angels have a good team but we pitched well, hit pretty well and defensively played well. That one lapse in the sixth inning hurt us, obviously.

Rodriguez has got good stuff, and Lopez laid off that curveball when he got behind and got the count 3-2, and then hit the double. Betancourt came through in a big situation. That's good to see.

That was not hit hard, but it was no slow roller. I saw him charge and he made it look easy.

We gave up four quick ones and never got back in it. We didn't even hit many balls hard.

Two 3-1 counts, and we got fastballs up to guys you don't want to get fastballs up to, and they hit them out.

We weren't sure if he caught it just before he hit or as he hit. After he hit the ground, we were glad to see him get back up.

We hit the ball pretty decently today, but right at people. Just like last night.

Absolutely. He handles the pitching staff very well. He has an idea out there and sticks with a game plan. We'd like to see him hit more, but there's time for that.

The ball was hit well, just to the wrong place.

It was a combination -- (Baltimore) threw well and we didn't hit well.

If he keeps making plays like that, ... he's not going to have to hit at all.

He's not going to hit 30 or 35 homers, but when he gets his pitch he can hit it out. He can drive the ball.