Mike Metcalf
Mike Metcalf
Mike Metcalfis a former English professional footballer who made more than 300 appearances in The Football League for Wrexham and Chester...
ahead chad goes job phenomenal pitchers pound strike stronger work year zone
Chad did a phenomenal job pitching. Our pitchers are getting stronger as the year goes on and he is part of that. We wanted to work ahead in the count, pound the strike zone and be the aggressor.
beating both fortunate guys last strike
I tell you both guys were beating up the strike zone. We were fortunate we had the last at-bat.
aggressive nights offensive people
This was one of the nights when we put a lot of people in motion. It's part of our offensive scheme. But we want to be aggressive defensively and pitching, too.
base eight innings leave people three tough
When you leave eight people on base (actually six) in the first three innings it's tough to win.
bats coppola hit line putting saw suddenly swinging turned
We were swinging the bats the whole game, putting it in play. When Coppola hit it out, they saw he got elevation, and suddenly the groundouts turned into line drives.
execute name prepared success
We were not prepared to execute defensively. That's the name of the game. We have success when we can play defense.
clubs good needed played prepared run
We got what we needed out of this. We played some good clubs and got prepared to make a run at the end.
trying
We're trying to get out of a rut.
adjusted changed couple fourth game innings job motion nice plan putting
We did a nice job of putting our game plan in motion the first couple of innings then we adjusted in the fourth inning as they changed up.
chad kept pitches worked
What can I say about Chad Burns? He worked his off-speed pitches well and kept (the Sarasota batters) off-balance. He also competed, and that's what we need.
forward games good pitching step took
These are the kind of games you have to win. Low-scoring games like this you have to have good pitching and play defense. We took a step forward tonight.
lawrence road
I never thought I'd ever go to a Lawrence road game.
chad executing game great job knew plan stayed zone
Chad (Burns) did a great job on the mound. He knew out game plan and did a great job of executing it. He stayed down in the zone all afternoon.
aggressive easier lead wide
It's a lot easier to play with a lead -- there's not as much panic. You can play more aggressive and wide open.