As a coach, you hate to ever be behind. But the last two or three weeks we've played better when we're behind. That's just a tribute to the competitiveness and the kids playing hard and wanting it. |
He's just a gutsy kid. He loves to win, and he loves to get out there and pitch. We got all we could get out of him, probably a little more. I'm very happy with his performance. |
I don't know if it's never being in this position (first place) before or what. We didn't come out to take care of business from the first pitch. We played sloppier than we have in a month, and that's what's going to happen to you in this district if you play like that. |
It comes down to fundamentals, and we didn't do a couple of little things. We played good enough to beat most teams. They just played real well, too. |
It was a great day. We played a near-clean game defensively (one error) and we hit the ball hard up and down the lineup. We hit the ball on the nose several times today. |
Odds are when they bring the infield in that you're going to get one through there sometime eventually. We hit it hard right at them a couple of times. We had a chance to score a few more runs than we did, but they made plays, and we didn't get all the timely hitting we needed. |
Our kids battled back. They fought and they competed. |
We have to take care of business on Saturday. The team struggled today and we have to bounce back on Saturday; we can't expect someone to help us out. |
What I'm looking for is guys who'll compete on the hill. We've got about 12 working on the mound right now. These first three tournaments — if nothing gets weathered out, we'll get 17 games (before district starts) — they'll all get a chance. |