9 Quotes by Josh Cribb

Oh, we talked about it. The coaches talked to us and let us know we couldn't let that happen again.

Getting swept at Virginia, that's not a good thing. After (that) weekend, we kind of took it upon ourselves not to let it happen again. It worked out for us in the long run.

Having a big game like I did tonight and having a game where I'm able to keep my pitch count down through nine innings is going to help out the bullpen the rest of the weekend.

Last week I didn't throw the ball that well. I was up in the zone last week. It worked for me this week. Having a big game like I did (Friday) was big.

Those two base hits I gave up, I had two strikes on both the hitters, and I take pride in that. When you get two strikes on a guy, you have to put them away. After that, I took it upon myself if I get two strikes on a guy to try and go ahead and put them away.

It was working really well. I was hitting my spots with my fastball away. Those guys were kind of taking it here and there, so I was taking advantage of what they were giving me.

It took a lot of pressure off. Tonight we learned from last weekend. You don't want to come out in the first game and be kind of sluggish.

If you leave pitches up to a good team like this, they're gonna make you pay. The first home run I gave up, I hung a curve ball, so Danny Payne got a hold of that one.

Got to take responsibility, can't just come out here and overlook anybody because everybody's gunning for you. In the locker room, we don't really talk about it. We think we deserve some respect but we got to come out and prove like we did last year at the end of the season.