Brian Gruber
Brian Gruber
continued fact hitting players proud refused stepped timely yesterday
I was especially proud of the fact that they refused to lose. Different players stepped up for us all day long. The timely hitting that we had yesterday continued today.
couple nice stick struggling
Matt's been struggling with the stick so it was nice to see him get a couple of knocks.
execution
It's a gutsy play, but it's all about execution.
billy gave heck job mound
Billy did a heck of a job on the mound for us. He battled the whole way through. He gave us everything he had.
approach hard means nice paying positives program strides team wins work
As a team and as a program we really made strides in how we play and how we approach the game. There were a lot of positives that we can take away. The wins are always nice to see. It means the hard work is paying off.
great hat job pitchers tip
Our pitchers did a great job today, I have to tip my hat to those guys.
blowing situation tough wind
We have to do something to make things happen. With the wind blowing in, it was a tough day. We had the right situation up.
bit chance compared definitely division forward fun games guys iii looking match nice playing schools starting teams
We're definitely looking forward to our trip. The guys are excited. It's a nice thing for us to have a chance to play some other (NCAA) Division III schools on this trip. Granted, these teams will all have their 15 to 20 games in while we're just starting out, but we'll be playing teams that we match up with a little bit better compared to the NAIA teams. We're looking forward to a fun trip.
ball errors hit mental prepared seven sharp six throw top
We hit the ball well, but defensively we had six errors. And you can throw six or seven mental errors on top of that. We were not very sharp and not prepared to play.
game pitching ran rough sixth
We ran into some pitching troubles. This is our sixth game here and we're a little rough around the edges.
bad errors gave sets sixth three
We kind of gave it away in the sixth inning. Errors are bad enough, but when you have three in one inning, that really sets you back.
baseball committing earlier good playing
We are playing good baseball right now, we are not committing turnovers like we were earlier in the year.
balls defense fly moving playing runners small
We tightened things up defensively. We are playing defense well and we did the small things like getting fly balls and moving our runners over.
achilles ask bats defensive definitely guys heel pop sign swung team three
We swung the bats well and pitched really well. The guys have been doing what we ask them to do. Our Achilles heel is definitely the defensive end. We have two or three pop up in one inning. That is a sign of a young team and we are a very young team.