(Dirks) really didn't catch his groove until somewhere about the fourth inning. I think the fifth is the first time we had the first 1-2-3 inning. We needed it. |
Dirks pitched really well. He always goes out and gives you a good outing, but that rest may have helped him a bit. I thought he had more fastball and more life on his breaking ball than he did his last two outings. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise. |
Dirks took us late into the game and it was a good win. |
Early, we just smoked the ball great offensively but they were either line-drive outs or they would catch them and make a great play. But the guys didn't panic and kept getting their good swings off. I liked that most of all. |
He (Coleman) was much better than his last outing. He showed that he can pitch at the Division I level. |
He (Dirks) made some bad pitches to the good hitters and usually he does the opposite. He makes a mistake and it is usually a guy that is not a tremendous hitter. Kingsbury, who you know can hit, had a couple. |
He is slowing the game down instead of having to hurry up and do things. He's comfortable. He caught up to those type of pitches in the summer leagues and so forth. I think now he subconsciously believes he fits into Division I baseball. |
He just ran into one, and he was looking for something to drive. I think he was really trying to stand tall and hit a double, but he hit it well. |
He keeps giving you a chance to win when he fills up the zone with three different pitches for strikes. |
He was in the zone with three pitches. Even the one ball that was hit really shouldn't have been swung at. That was as good as I have seen him pitch. |
He's got such a great attitude. It's like he never has a bad day. |
Hopefully, we can turn it around this season. |
I always thought he would hit in the middle of the lineup. |
I was very impressed with our offensive at-bats in both games. I think we had quality at-bats, hard outs and the base hits were hard. Once again, we played very good defense. |
It used to be a two-tier league. I can remember in the late 1980s, early 1990s, there were some automatic wins against maybe four or five teams. You were pretty sure to win two out of three. Now, I don't even look and see who any of them is playing this weekend. Because it's not like, 'Man, maybe we can catch a break.' You just have to play them all. There's not one team that I think you can label second tier. |