I thought that Landon didn't go after it the way he should have. That was a microcosm of the day. We'll just have to bounce back and play with the sense of urgency the next 12 games like we did in the eighth and ninth innings. |
I told them to enjoy this (sweep of LMU). But once that plane touched down, they had to forget about it and start thinking about this weekend. |
I told them you have to keep an even keel. Let's go out and win tomorrow. We've got a lot more games left. |
I told those guys we won for two reasons. Character No. 1. We really showed character. We overcame adversity. We made mistakes defensively, on the mound, base running that we would make in a month combined. But because this team's got character, we continued to battle back. And the second reason was our offense. They kept us in the game, they kept coming back. |
I'm happy for our kids. They were able to battle and come back. The way we won, getting help from their pitcher, was huge. The loser of that game was going to be all twisted up inside. |
I'm looking forward to it. We're good friends. He's a great coach. |
I'm not particularly happy with the way we're playing. We had five runs on 11 hits, but we left 12 on base. We have been in cruise control since Western Illinois. We are fortunate to be 6-2 over that stretch. I told our guys we're playing very mediocre baseball. It's going to catch up to us. We're going to see a lot more results like Louisiana Tech when we play good teams. We get a lead early then go into cruise control. We didn't get to 19-8 by going through the motions. |
I'm not sure I want them to forget this one. The players have a bitter taste in their mouths and I think it would be good to have that for the next 48 hours. |
I'm proud of our guys for the character they showed. At no time at any point of that game, even when we were down by eight runs, did I see any quitting. |
I'm real happy for Ryan. He put three outstanding swings on the ball tonight. That was big for us. |
Ian Harrington will start one game. After that, it is TBA. I haven't thought about it yet. |
Ian was Sunday tough. He has trouble around 80 pitches, but I left him in and he delivered. It's new territory for him. |
If he can give us three or four solid innings, we would be happy. |
If you look at what they have contributed, it is a pretty special class. |
In a close game like this, that ball could have easily gone into left field and we have a tie game. That shows you what a thin line we were on. |