That probably cost us the game (Sunday). It's frustrating. |
That's probably a month or so off. In a couple of weeks, he'd probably be ready to pitch relief, but it's a matter of getting his strength back in the arm. |
That's the main reason I wanted them. They're a program that can come in and compete right away. |
The big four-spot in the fourth inning was huge, especially with the weather we played in. We weren't going to hit any out of the park or off the wall. |
They applied to enter as a baseball school only. I'd vote for them again. |
They put the stop to it. |
This was Cliff's best outing of the year. He pitched well by mixing up his pitches and kept them off balance. That was a big lift for him to beat a good team like Troy. It was a good day for him and for us as we got some timely hits late in the game to score some runs. |
We caught the ball and had good middle relief. Those were the keys. |
We did OK. We got to play some guys that are very good Division I players that are just kind of behind some guys. |
We didn't make the play on the bunt and it snowballed from there. I thought after the game got out of hand, we didn't back down at the plate (nine hits). We just didn't get the starting pitching. In baseball has always started and ended with starting pitching. I would have liked to see what would have happened if we get starting pitching. |
We didn't swing the bats again. I've got to give a lot of credit to them (Illinois State). Their pitching is good. They're calling pitches I'd call against my own team. We've go to do a better job recognizing pitches. |
We filmed him and worked with him. I don't know. I think he's just going to have to repeat his delivery better. He's not doing that. He'll throw one good pitch and two bad ones. He's having real trouble with his breaking ball. You can't sit there and pump fastballs in this league. But he's trying to work through it. Hopefully we can get him back where he was. |
We got a couple of long balls, and that was a big help. |
We got good starting pitching every time out. We swung the bats pretty good, but it all starts on that mound. |
We made a crucial error in the eighth inning when Louisiana-Monroe scored. We have been struggling defensively. |