All of our jackets for NASCAR, major league baseball, the NBA, are licensed. We even made a jacket for Muhammad Ali, a limited run, for $7,000 apiece. Ali signed them. |
Blake Quarles went out and gave us a chance early. I think our guys fed off that. |
But he was just cruising, man. He was on cruise control. |
Gardner-Webb has certainly owned us the last two years. We're 0-6 the last two years against them, and they have flat-out beaten us. We've just got to take it to 'em. |
He's shown some signs of being that kind of guy. Usually he tries to go out there and do too much. Tonight, he had a little more poise. He had command of his pitches. |
I knew it wasn't you. You're not that fast. |
I really wanted to see how our arms would match up against an ACC team in a series. |
It was big, especially after the weekend we had. We have a chance to go on the road (today) and we haven't been too good on the road. We have four conference road series left, so we have to get better. |
That was the run that counted the most. |
They didn't really threaten a whole lot, to be honest with you. We just pitched well. |
They play well, they play hard, they don't make mistakes. I don't think they're going to pitch as well as North Florida, but they're very similar. They're well-coached and they play hard. |
They're just better than us. |
This is a great win for us. |
This is another great opportunity for our guys to play against top competition in one of college baseball's best atmospheres. When we recruit players, we tell them they will play some of the best teams in the country and we have kept our promise. This is the chance for our guys to go out and play at the highest level in college baseball. |
This is without a doubt the biggest win we have had since I've been at Mercer. Our pitchers were as sharp as they possibly could be and really set the tone. We took advantage of the chances we had at the plate and played outstanding defense. |