He's been a tough kid all his life. He's got linebacker mentality. He threw a great game and dominated a good team on the road. |
He's done everything that we ever ask of a pitcher. We don't ask them to win the game, but we do ask them to put us in a position to win, and he's done that every time. |
I asked him if he wanted to pitch against them every time. We knew that he had that in him, it was just a matter of putting it together. |
I hope we learned a lesson after we got slapped across the face. When you let momentum get away from you, it's hard to get it back and you can't rest until you get back on the bus. |
Jason did what we needed in our pitching system, staying away from the three-run inning. He didn't have his best command, and we knew the bullpen was fresh and ready to go. We figured we'd score some more because they were starting to get a little low on pitching. |
One good thing about it is we're going back with experience on the mound and in the bullpen with Brandt Sanders. And our other guys will get to open at home. |
Overall we're starting to do some good things. Tonight and over the last weekend, we're starting to get the barrel back on the ball, and we're turning the lineup over at the bottom of the order and that's making our whole lineup better. |
Regardless of what happens Tuesday (tonight), we're not going to carry it into the weekend. When this one's over, we'll immediately start thinking about and getting ready for the weekend. |
Some of our other pitchers are going to have to step up and help us this week. We're going to have to look at some younger guys. |
The hitters passed him a little bit where he could come back and use the fast ball. |
The ironic thing is that we weren't sure about our starting pitching when we started the season. Now, those guys are all getting aggressive in trying to throw complete games. |
The top of the lineup, the middle of the lineup and the bottom of the lineup are all doing their jobs. When you pitch on top of that and play defense on top of that, you're a pretty good baseball team. |
There's no doubt that every game is important for us the rest of the way. We've got to fix whatever was broken for us Sunday and we'll do that. |
They're a good club and they're not going to go away. But with what we're doing, I'm looking forward to coming to the ball park tomorrow. |
They're rebuilding, and I know how that feels. It's not an easy situation that he (NSU coach Chip Durham) is in, and we're hoping and pulling for him. Tonight, Buddy just didn't give them any life. |