Ray Tanner
Ray Tanner
Ray Tanneris the athletic director at the University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012 after spending 16 successful seasons as head coach of the university's baseball program. His record since arriving at Carolina in 1997 is 738-316. He led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004, three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2012, two College World Series Championships in 2010 and 2011, and coached the...
beginning early game pitching playing quality runs
We didn't get quality pitching at the beginning of the game and they were playing really well. They got some runs early and Kopp pitched pretty good.
decent good guys prove ran themselves
We ran out some pretty good guys in relief. Those guys need to prove themselves more than they have, but they've all done a decent job.
honest
To be honest with you, it's very exciting. It's also very scary.
difficult fill guy holes last replace steve trying
We're trying to fill the holes that we have from last year. It is going to be real difficult to replace a guy like Steve Pearce.
beat best tonight
To beat them you've got to be at your best and tonight we weren't.
ahead college current excited facility former location moving none players second special stadium venue
We're excited to be moving ahead with a stadium and a location that will be second to none in college baseball. The new facility will be a special venue for our former players, current players and our fans.
bit extended super
We extended him a little bit today, he did a super job.
bumps few hitting
We're hitting a few bumps in the road. But we're working our way out.
credit either game gone good pitching run scoring staff
We had some good scoring opportunities and didn't capitalize, but you've got to give the other team's pitching staff credit for getting out of a run scoring situation. It was a game that could have gone either way.
bit teams
We're banged up a little bit but other teams are banged up too.
bats coming good offense talking win year
We feel like if we can get a pretty good offense together, we'll win some games. Pitching's been good all year long and the bats started coming around today, which is good because we've been talking about it way too much.
continue good hard hitter mechanics pace
To continue this pace ... well, that's going to be hard to do. But he's got the mechanics to be a good hitter and things are going well for him.
balls early hit left runners
We left some runners on early in run-scoring opportunities that eluded us, but we hit some balls hard.
five guys left pleased
We probably could have left him out there for around five innings, but we just wanted to give the other guys a chance. I was pleased with the bullpen, certainly.