Esteban Loaiza Quotes (15 Quotes)

In the first inning, all my pitches were right down the middle. I couldn't get the ball where I wanted.

I think I went out there today trying to hit my spots and change speeds, and throw my sinkers and cutters on both sides of the plate. I think the first two hitters that I faced, I noticed they were looking inside, so I kept away and away.

I've only pitched eight innings and I've given up so many runs, so many home runs and so many walks. This is the first time in my career I've done this in two starts.

I got the first one out of the way. I have 36 more starts leading in the playoffs. Then we'll go from there. I tried and wanted to get first-pitches strikes but it didn't work out. I know in my career I get a lot of people out that way. Today, nothing was working for me.

I've been in the league for a long time. I just have to get it out of my head and think about Minnesota.

Coming back from the Classic I got sick and that messed up my routine. Once I can get back into a regular routine I'll work at it and throw strikes again.

My pitching wasn't always in the strike zone. I never thought that would happen. It's too bad it couldn't have been like in Phoenix.

We're trying to climb up there in the division and the wild card, ... We're playing good ball right now, and we have to come back (Thursday) and get a win.

When you're representing your country, one thing you do is give it all you've got. After I got back to Spring Training, I had a couple extra days off and didn't really play on the big field, but that's baseball.

Mexico is usually more about the World Cup of soccer, but people are interested in this because we have a good team. We have a lot of players who've had success in their careers. Looking at the brackets, I think we can qualify for the second round.

It's up to everybody individually to take care of himself. We know we have a long season ... If you are playing in the Classic, you have to start thinking about it early. If you take care of yourself, you'll be fine.

This game wasn't about me, it is about us the entire team, the entire nation of Mexico. If we pitchers keep putting up zeros and we hit like we did tonight, I think we can win this tournament.

This is great for Mexico. You see commercials on the TV for all the baseball powerhouse countries and they mention Cuba, the Dominican, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. They don't mention Mexico. Maybe now they will.

Losing last night, losing today makes it a little bit of a downer.

I'm a horse, ... I've been around. I've been in the playoffs. I've pitched in tough situations. ... If we need to do that, we're capable of doing it.