Mike Shimek
Mike Shimek
good offensive pitching potential
We have the potential to play some good defense. Our pitching is getting better each game, but I would like to see some more offensive production.
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.
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.
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.
both came games threw
Ross Knowland came in both games for us and threw some strikes.
ask ball forward looking middle playing spending time
You're playing ball in the middle of February, so you can't ask for much out of the weather. I'm just looking forward to spending some time at the ballpark.
experience game luckily pitching save
You take the experience from one game and take it to the next. You take what you can get. Luckily we got to save our pitching in this game.
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.
competition concerned level ourselves
I'm more concerned about how we're going to play than who we're going to play. We're going to use this level of competition to get to know ourselves as a team.
coming fast furious learn ourselves three tough weeks
It's about to get fast and furious for us. We've got some tough tournaments coming up and we're going to learn a lot about ourselves in the first three weeks of this season.
cleanest struggle
It wasn't the cleanest game. But we managed to struggle through it and come out all right.
breaking control daniel good pitches
It was good to see Daniel get his breaking pitches under control again.
full hurt
You've got to play a full ballgame. Some little things hurt us in the beginning, but we didn't give up.