He was on today. It was little wet, damp and cold, but he battled. He didn't have a lot of strikeouts, but he was in control. He got ahead in the count constantly. |
He's definitely hitting the ball well. He hit a walk-off home run Saturday (against Lincoln) and he was big with two outs today. His three-run double broke the game open. |
I think I'm ready for leadership. It's a big responsibility ... getting guys emotions up and getting everybody ready on the field. You have to make sure everybody is ready to play mentally and physically. |
I thought we had a good approach for the first couple innings. They brought in a new pitcher in the third inning and we just lost focus after that. |
I'd like to take all the credit in the world, but he's a self-made player. I've never been around anybody (who) works as hard as him. He watched as much film, if not more, than I did. I wanted his opinion because he was such a student of the game. |
Papa Joe (Paterno of Penn State) came over and said that was one of the best performances he's ever seen. |
That was the key to the first game. The second game, we put the ball in play a lot better. Our kids responded well after the first game loss. |
The kids really came back with a lot of positive emotion after a tough loss (Thursday to Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin). I thought we showed signs of starting to gel as a team. |
The pitchers did a great job in forcing contact and getting the ground balls. The infield had a lot of chances, some of them tough, and got it done without an error. |
They had some good receivers last week and I think we pretty much held them in check. |