It was nice to come out at home and see a big crowd. People showed up even with construction still going on. I think that definitely was a boost for the guys. |
It's a little frustrating because we had to make the call pretty early (yesterday). We knew we may have a small window to play from noon to 3 (p.m.), but they had a nine to 10 hour drive back. |
It's a little of both. ... It's upsetting and disappointing. We have a 6-5 lead and we go to Schmidgall. ... I expect to win the ball game. We had Bobby Mahon ready to throw the ninth inning in a close situation. ... We just missed our spots today. |
It's hard to find an answer when you hit the ball well all weekend and then you can't hit with runners in scoring position. |
Offensively, we're sticking to the game plan and we're playing really good baseball. The guys had really good approaches. |
Over the last four years, Schmidgall has proven that he is one of the best players to ever wear a Western Illinois University baseball jersey. His play has been consistent and steady throughout his career. I believe the best is yet to come this season from him, and I believe that a lot of his records will stand for a long time. |
Rob pitched two really good innings at Chicago State. ... In his last three or four outings he's really looked good. He has really turned it on and that's really comforting to me because now we have three or four guys that we can go to in situations. |
South Dakota State is applying for membership in the Mid-Con. They're going to come in here this weekend and make a statement ... if they want to make a case to play in the Mid-Con, they sure as heck want to go out and beat up on two of the Mid-Con teams. |
The scouts who have been looking at (Shore) for three years have been waiting for this, he's been hitting all his spots recently. This is his third promising showing in a row. |
There is no question he is going to help us. Going into this weekend ... there is a possibility he would start the fourth game of the series. |
These are all guys that with one swing of the bat can put us in the lead or get us back in the ballgame. |
This (past) weekend definitely served as preparation, but we never know until we get out there what kind of adjustments we will have to make. |
Umpires typically turn their back on the rule. Unfortunately, we can't assume every umpire is going to be old school and turn their back on it. |
We accomplished what we wanted to come down here with the split, but when you sweep the first day you get a little greedy and want to get at least one of the two (contests) the next day. |
We could not get a base hit with runners in scoring position; we just could not buy a big base hit. |