Daryle Ward Quotes

I remember Craig Biggio standing in the on-deck circle encouraging me, saying it was a good time to get that first one out of the way. Tony Gwynn was playing right field, and I hit a line drive in front of him.

You can`t put everything against him. He`s putting the effort out there. We all know he makes games exciting, but that`s Mesa.

(Ortiz) was able to get some runs. He got a little comfortable and then he caught his groove. It was kind of tough to get some pressure on him (after the third inning). He pitched a good game. He went all nine. He kept his composure and he didn`t panic.

All it takes is one good swing from power hitter.

Sometimes, in those situations, you need to get a base hit. (The sacrifice fly) drove in the run. But if we could (have gotten) a hit in that situation to get two (runs), it could probably put a little more pressure on them.

The whole infield stopped. We didn`t think Mesa would deliver the ball, and he did. It`s hard to go through the rule book in your head right there. It`s just one of those mistakes you don`t want to make again.

We sprayed the ball a lot, but you could tell their guys were never in a panicked situation, where they felt like they really needed to get the out. They looked relaxed.

We had the lead, and we had the guy we wanted on the mound, ... Things didn`t go our way.

I got the run in, but if I get a hit, we get two runs and put even more pressure on their pitcher. Sometimes in those situations, you need to keep the ball out of the air and hit a line drive.

It`s good to get a run but, if we get a hit in that situation, it could probably put a little more pressure on Ortiz. He caught his groove after that.