Rod Delmonico
Rod Delmonico
Rodney James Delmonicois an American baseball coach...
class close great pleasure program surprise
They have a great program here. That's why tonight's a surprise to me. I really thought it would be a close game... It's a pleasure to come down here because it's first class in every manner.
bullpen finds good rotation starting stick
He does it every year. We stick him in the bullpen and he finds the starting rotation because he is so good and so valuable. I'd like to have two of him -- one in the bullpen and one starting.
friday last man move pressure ready rest saturday start stick sure year
I'm not sure he's ready to start on Friday night. That's a lot of pressure for a young man as a sophomore. He pitched better probably last year as our Saturday guy. We'll probably move Adkins back to the Saturday spot, and I think we're going to stick with that the rest of the year.
bench everybody freshmen good guys helped played
Everybody helped out. We had guys come off the bench and play well. Our freshmen played well and that was good to see.
catch
If you can't catch it, you can't win.
bunt hurt
If you can't catch, you don't win. And you have to play bunt defense. Those are the things that hurt us.
guys last puts three winning
It's kind of like a mulligan. I told our guys it's like a mulligan, You get that win, it's like winning two out of three one of the last three weeks. It puts you back in the hunt.
balls fourth gave given hits outing pitch poor runs
It was a poor outing for Craig. He didn't pitch that well at all. He gave up more hits and runs than he's given up all year. In the fourth inning, he got some balls up in the zone, and they hit it.
compete everybody guys hitter hold kick measure pitcher pro stick wants
We just wanted to come out and compete and play. I think also it's more of a measuring stick for our guys. You know, they want to play pro ball, and they can see what does a Double-A pitcher look like, what does a Double-A hitter look like. And my guys always get a kick out of it. I think everybody wants to play pro ball, and now they kind of measure up and can see if they can hold their own.