Rene Barrientes Quotations

We were asleep. Our bats were cold but (Fischer) did a good job against us. We finally started waking up in the sixth and seventh innings but it was way too late in a seven-inning game.

More than 25 runs and 30-plus hits? I can't ask the guys for much more than that. The guys are really seeing the ball good right now and, as you can tell, it's paying off big for us.

If these guys have three outs, they have enough confidence to come back. They never give up at the plate. They fight on every pitch and that was big for us today.

To get four wins over there was big. We're sitting pretty well in conference. We just need to keep playing the same caliber of ball.

To come back they way they did, shows a lot of character for our team. A lot of drive. A strong will. They showed they're not going to lay down for anybody -- not even the national champions.

That's the kind of team that we are and that's what we expect from our guys. We didn't score much more after that and we have to keep that same pressure on a team and not let up. In a 10-6 game, anything can happen.

We wanted the guys to come out and respond. We didn't have any (batting practice) before the game because we were running late, but we still had the guys step up. They're just continuing to do the things they do well.

We scored 53 runs and only played 12 innings. Hitting was real contagious.

Cuthbertson did an outstanding job as a closer. In the eighth inning they had the bases loaded and he shut them down. We tip our hat to him for keeping us in the game.

The second game we were wide awake. Everybody was in sync and just hitting the ball very well. It's contagious.

That was a big day at the plate for us. The wind was blowing about 35 mph but we had a lot of line drives. I've never seen anything like it.

They did really well today and that first game we played real relaxed. They just pounded the ball today.

This let us know that if we're down, we can still come back. Going back to the first game (of the series on Friday) if we hit the ball, we win the game. Then we come and win here and I can't ask for anything better from our guys.

They were better at pitch selection and had a better approach to hitting the ball. They just hammered the ball. It's one of the best performances I've seen in a long time for us.