Jim Gilligan
Jim Gilligan
Jim Gilligan is the head baseball coach of the Lamar Cardinals baseball program...
came gave given position run three today
The only run we gave up today came on a hit-and-run. I thought we got out of position too early. We should have made that play. We could have had a shutout today, and that would have given us three for the weekend.
good pitchers score shame turned
This was a shame because I really thought our pitchers did better than the score indicated. Cody did a good job. I don't know. But we'll get it turned around before long.
bottom five guys runs scoreboard team
It's tough, going without guys like that in your lineup. But we battled. ... The bottom line, and what I told our team was, you look up at the scoreboard and there's five runs (Oklahoma) shouldn't have had.
friday hitting last proud spots steve win
Steve had a really well-pitched game. He was hitting his spots much better than he did last Friday (in a no-decision in the Cards' 8-6 series-opening win over Nicholls State). I'm really proud of him.
advantage hopefully learned lesson near nowhere offer
He was nowhere near the glove all day long. He had nothing to offer right-handed hitters. Hopefully he learned a lesson today. I was really disappointed he didn't take advantage of the start.
start
This was just one game. We're not going to start pressing just because of one loss.
difficult exactly good guy pitches swinging swings tough unless
Unless you're up there swinging the bat, it's difficult to tell exactly how tough a guy is, but he must've been really tough. He made a lot of good pitches today, and we didn't put a lot of good swings on the ball.
challenged game guys necessary proud score seven swings telling winning
Through our first seven batters and their first seven batters, the score was the same (0-0), but they (the Lions) were winning the game because they were having better at-bats. After that, I challenged our guys by telling them they had to make better swings on the ball. They made the necessary adjustments, and I'm proud of them for that.