Arizona State Baseball Head Willie Bloomquist
Opening statement…
“Never a dull moment. It was fun. It was certainly great to come out on top on the winning side of that, but it is a pretty good baseball game on both sides. They competed well, we competed well and came out on top. At the end of the day, that is a good way to start it."
On why he left Tieding in for the eighth...
“The amount of conviction in his voice. When he comes up to me, it is not encouraged for a pitcher to come up and tell me what he wants to do, but when a young man looks right through your eyes and says, ‘I want the freaking ball and I will get you to the ninth lets go’, we need a little bit more of that. It was a situation that I thought okay, you know it is one that I didn’t think was going to be too detrimental and worst case scenario we had good back up behind him and in case anyone got on, I liked two of the matchups that we had ready to go. Like I said, I am not going to make a habit of that, but when a guy comes up to you with that type of conviction and says ‘I want the rock’, like I said we need more of that culture and sometimes you just have to trust your guys to get them."
Arizona State Baseball Infielder Luke Keaschall
On his five RBI night…
“It has been good, a lot of fun! I am just happy that I have been able to see the ball a lot better and contribute to help us win. I have just been trying to stick to what I have been doing, which is to use the big part of the field, see the ball a little longer, and stay back. I am honestly not trying to do too much, just see the ball and hit the ball to the big part of the field.”
On how big the series is for ASU...
“We have had meetings. We know how big of a deal this is and we understand how big this is. It is bigger than just us, it is for the fans, the whole city. They (the coaching staff) have made it loud and clear with everything this rivalry is all about."
Arizona State Baseball Pitcher Matt Tieding
“I am just trusting the guys behind me. We have a great team and it makes it really easy to throw strikes. They are going to make plays. I am not that big of a strike out guy. I just trust the guys behind me, fill up the zone and good things happen. I know early on I struggled with throwing strikes so I think that has been a big thing of just like hey we have a really good team and just trust the guys behind you and good things are going to happen. happen."
Opening statement…
“Never a dull moment. It was fun. It was certainly great to come out on top on the winning side of that, but it is a pretty good baseball game on both sides. They competed well, we competed well and came out on top. At the end of the day, that is a good way to start it."
On why he left Tieding in for the eighth...
“The amount of conviction in his voice. When he comes up to me, it is not encouraged for a pitcher to come up and tell me what he wants to do, but when a young man looks right through your eyes and says, ‘I want the freaking ball and I will get you to the ninth lets go’, we need a little bit more of that. It was a situation that I thought okay, you know it is one that I didn’t think was going to be too detrimental and worst case scenario we had good back up behind him and in case anyone got on, I liked two of the matchups that we had ready to go. Like I said, I am not going to make a habit of that, but when a guy comes up to you with that type of conviction and says ‘I want the rock’, like I said we need more of that culture and sometimes you just have to trust your guys to get them."
Arizona State Baseball Infielder Luke Keaschall
On his five RBI night…
“It has been good, a lot of fun! I am just happy that I have been able to see the ball a lot better and contribute to help us win. I have just been trying to stick to what I have been doing, which is to use the big part of the field, see the ball a little longer, and stay back. I am honestly not trying to do too much, just see the ball and hit the ball to the big part of the field.”
On how big the series is for ASU...
“We have had meetings. We know how big of a deal this is and we understand how big this is. It is bigger than just us, it is for the fans, the whole city. They (the coaching staff) have made it loud and clear with everything this rivalry is all about."
Arizona State Baseball Pitcher Matt Tieding
“I am just trusting the guys behind me. We have a great team and it makes it really easy to throw strikes. They are going to make plays. I am not that big of a strike out guy. I just trust the guys behind me, fill up the zone and good things happen. I know early on I struggled with throwing strikes so I think that has been a big thing of just like hey we have a really good team and just trust the guys behind you and good things are going to happen. happen."