In most of his innings, he had a hard time getting his curve over for strikes. There were couple innings when his changeup left him as well. You'll give up some hits if you're throwing only one pitch for strikes. But the one thing you'll get from him is a battle. |
In the first inning, you could see their approach was to go with the pitch. But when they were doing their damage, they were the same team they've always been, which is very aggressive early in the count. |
It all starts on the mound and we need Justin to give us a good effort. |
It all starts with the guy on the mound and Justin put us in a 5-0 hole. He had nothing, no stuff, no location from the start. He was searching for it, but he had nothing. |
It goes to character and it goes to the guys being excited about getting opportunities and making the most of them. |
It is going to be freezing, but it can't be any colder than it was at Cal today. I'm going to tell (Nevada head coach) Gary (Powers) that just because he has lights, he doesn't have to play at night. |
It was a case of us not showing up. I'll give credit to their pitcher, but we didn't show up as a team from the first pitch. We were lifeless. The better team by far was wearing gray today. The final score wasn't even that close a game. They believe that they're a good club. We played tonight like all we believe in is what we're reading. |
It was a good series, well-played. It had to be a fun series to watch. |
It was a tense game. There was a lot of trash-talking out there. |
It was a tough pitch to squeeze on and it was just tough luck. |
It was evident in his first game that Darrell had no fear. He has the pitches that get you ground balls and strikeouts. His fastball command has improved. Now he is getting a strike on the first pitch most of the time. When he gets ahead, a batter is in trouble. |
It was good to get Mark out there today. He's had a long wait and he's worked real hard to get his first outing. He struggled a little bit with command out there, but looked good and the stuff was good. |
It was good to see the guys realize the inning wasn't over and not giving up until it was over. |
It was one of those things where it was a good college baseball game. While we were not pleased with the outcome, we were pleased with our approach and effort. We just got beat today by a good club. |
It will be nice for them to play in front of their hometown crowds, play in front of their parents. |