AL DIVISION SERIES: ASTROS VS WHITE SOX

October 11, 2021

Alex Bregman

Guaranteed Rate Field

Houston Astros

Pregame 4 Press Conference

Q. Alex, what were you and your teammates' reaction to Ryan Tepera's comments last night?

ALEX BREGMAN: Whatever works. Like, it's all good. We're just focused on winning games. That's it.

Q. How does this postponement affect you guys? Like, would you rather have been able to get it over with today, or is this disruptive at all?

ALEX BREGMAN: Whatever -- whenever we need to play, we got to play, and sometimes there's some weather. Just look forward to getting a good night's sleep and playing well tomorrow.

Q. Hey, Alex. You've been through all this before, but, obviously, it's been, you know, a couple of years since Spring Training of 2020. What's it like to have this start all again in the playoffs? There was stuff like this in 2019 in the ALCS in Yankees stadium and to watch Dusty go out of his way to stand up for you guys and the team and the clubhouse again?

ALEX BREGMAN: Honestly, I haven't been really looking at my phone that much, to be honest with you. Just been focused on playing baseball and what happens between the lines and competing. We didn't do enough to win yesterday. Today is a new day. Turn the page. Flush it. Move forward. But to be honest with you, like, just been focused on baseball. That's it. People can say whatever they want. It's all good.

Q. Has all of this over the years made you guys stronger mentally and better? You continue to return here to successful playoff situations, and mentality must have to be really strong to be able to get through all this, you know, scrutiny and to play really good baseball.

ALEX BREGMAN: I mean, the mentality for us is execution, baseball. Not anything that's said or written or anything like that. We're focused on playing baseball, the game that we've played since we were 5 years old. Like, all this stuff that is written about and said or whatever, it's whatever. We're playing baseball. That's what it is.

Q. Alex, specifically last night, what did you see maybe different in the at-bats after the fourth inning when that bullpen came in and really did shut you guys down like we haven't seen this whole series?

ALEX BREGMAN: Oh, they got really good pitchers. They executed pitches and held us to six runs yesterday, so we gave up a few, more than we scored, and we lost, and you move on. You turn the page, and you get ready for the next day. You got to have a short memory in the playoffs. You go to compete, and you got to be able to turn the page and focus on the task at hand.