Texas Tech University Athletics
Postgame Quotes
May 20, 2009 | Baseball
May 20, 2009
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Head Coach Dan Spencer
On struggling against Oklahoma's Andrew Doyle:
"There's truth in that. We didn't get to him at all in Norman; we got to him twice tonight. He really minimized our opportunities. We didn't have a lot of hits and he didn't walk anybody, didn't hit anybody. We didn't have any extra runners or extra opportunities. He was tough."
On Texas Tech's effort:
"I don't think Taylor (Ashby) was thinking that. I think Taylor being the kind of kid he is -- the competitive kid and wanting to make a play -- just wanted to get us off the field. We talk every day about `hey, someone's going to make a great play and get us off the field.' I thought Justin Berry made one earlier and AJ (Ramos) made a bunch of good pitches to get us off."
On his team facing a strong OU crowd in a neutral venue:
"I would say we stayed with it for nine, but I don't think the crowd was a factor at all. I hope it was maturity, but I thought it was a good. It was a solid crowd, and it was obviously pro-Oklahoma, but I don't think the crowd was the issue as much as it was Doyle."
On his outlook on facing Missouri on Friday:
"I know the Tigers. The Tigers should be an easy club for us to get ready to play; they banged us up pretty good up in Missouri. It was one weekend this spring in conference where we just didn't have a chance. We had a hard time; we really had a hard time. I would expect our guys to be ready to play. Tomorrow we're just going to lift and run and watch a little baseball, watch somebody else play and get ready to go again on Friday."
Senior infielder Chris Richburg
On Andrew Doyle:
"I felt like he's been on both times. He didn't really let us capitalize on very many things tonight, and he didn't let us do the same thing in Norman. You've got to give him a lot of credit. He was on, like coach said. He was throwing his pitches where he wanted it for the most part and when a guy is on like that you really just try and make your own opportunities. I guess we didn't do that enough tonight."
Senior pitcher AJ Ramos
On surrendering the lead to Oklahoma:
"It was real frustrating, but I tried to go out there and forget about it. They just created their own breaks. They created opportunities for them to succeed. They did a great job of that. They hit some great pitches and they just created opportunities for them to score."
