(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation. |
He's been a great addition. This is something he enjoys, and he communicates well with the kids. He certainly commands their attention when he talks. |
I'm not a big squeeze guy; never have been in 22 years. But we'd been leaving some guys on and weren't getting good swings. We just gambled and it worked. |
Most of our wins have been by larger margins, so it was good to be in a close game. We know the tradition that Key West has and they played hard. |
My thought process going in, I told the umpire, I told all my coaches, we're going inside until we can't any more and that was our philosophy and I think it took a little bit of their aggressive swings away. |
Our bullpen let us down a little bit, but we fought back and scored some runs. |
Sam has thrown four outstanding games in a row, and when we can put some offense up early, it's always going to help a good high school pitcher to stay calm and go after them. |
The good, solid fundamental baseball was not there. And we have six more games to fix it. |