John Batina
John Batina
deserved
I thought Pepe deserved a better fate. We just didn't do enough at the plate.
grip struggled trouble
He struggled a little bit. He had trouble with his grip because of the cold. But he competes so well.
expecting kids
I'm having fun, and the kids are, too. The kids are now expecting to win.
begin flow hitters patient pitchers slowly
Our hitters aren't very patient to begin with, and because of how slowly their pitchers worked, there was no flow to this game. I will say this - we did enough to win.
ball breaking command good strike top
Pepe was on top of his game. His breaking ball had a lot of bite, and he had good command of the strike zone.
build damage starting
They were starting to build a little momentum, and to get out of that without a lot of damage was big.
early felt kids nice playing runs
I wanted to get everyone in the game, and we scored enough runs early where I felt comfortable doing that. It was nice to play kids who hadn't got a lot of playing time.
fun kids needed
The kids needed this. This was fun to watch.
affect tough
Marcus wasn't real sharp, but he battled. He was tough out there and didn't let things affect him.
destiny feeling good opportunity
We have our destiny in our hands. That's a good feeling because we haven't had that opportunity in a long time.
weeks
We've been doing that for two weeks now.
good hitting swings
We put some good swings on the ball, but we were hitting it right at them.
bat confidence kids playing successful swing throughout
We have some kids that can swing the bat throughout the lineup, and we got some of that today. They're playing with confidence right now and that's why we've been successful lately.
bunch early harder hoping runs score
We made it a little harder than it had to be. I was hoping we'd score a bunch of runs early so everyone could play.