Mike Shimek
Mike Shimek
cleanest struggle
It wasn't the cleanest game. But we managed to struggle through it and come out all right.
leave listened players stadium today
I'd like to think the players listened to me when I told them we weren't out of it. I told them we weren't going to leave this stadium today without a win.
key pitches runners three whale
He had all three of his pitches working and had some key strikeouts with runners on base. He pitched a whale of a game.
arms available mostly nice pitching split sure win
It's nice to win with a different look. We mostly wanted to split the pitching tonight. We wanted to make sure that we have our arms available for the tournament.
couple deep looking pitchers solid starters step three
I'm really looking for a couple of the other pitchers to step up. You want to have at least three solid starters that can take you deep into a game.
chips close plan playing relaxed stay
When you're playing for a championship, it's always going to be a close game. The plan for us was to stay relaxed and if the chips are down, know we can come back. That's what we did.
district extended pitchers rolls
We're going to give our pitchers some extended innings. That is going to be a need when district rolls around.