Terry Pirtle
Terry Pirtle
innings seven throwing thrown tonight year
He's only thrown seven innings going into tonight's game, and he's only going to get better. He's going to get better as the year goes, and tonight he was throwing with a 101 (degree) fever.
catch early hole innings year
Big innings defensively have been our nemesis all year long. That (third inning) put us in a hole early and we were not able to catch back up.
hitter last natural year
Zane had an exceptional year last year. He's just a natural hitter with a lot of natural ability.
couple four prevent runs
They got four runs there that weren't pretty, but they got them. There were a couple of things we could have done differently to prevent that, but we didn't do it.
last pitching staff
That's a big part of our pitching staff back from last year. That's remarkable, because we didn't think we'd have him all year.
effort everybody healthy playing time trying
The kids' effort is great. They're playing hard, doing everything we ask. We're trying to get everybody healthy at the same time. At that time I know we'll be real effective.
effort few games given good kids last winning
It would be good for the kids to go out on a winning note. The last few games they've given a good effort and done some good things.
ace hopefully produced runs
That's kind of the them of Tuesdays so far. We haven't produced enough runs for our ace to win, so hopefully that will change.
job throwing
I think they've done an outstanding job throwing strikes.
apply bat bunt chance games good great guy job kids move normally playing produced swing three tried
In the first three games this year, there have been some opportunities where we normally would have bunted and tried to apply pressure. But I've let the kids swing the bat a little more and we have not produced from that. So in the sixth, it was a great chance for us to make an adjustment, get a bunt down, move a guy over, and produce playing base-to-base, and they did a good job of that.
belief deep hitting kids mature refuse sign
We haven't started hitting the ball, yet. But our kids have a real deep seeded belief in themselves, where they refuse to panic. That's the sign of a mature team.
crowds hope local mix
We have a local mix of 4A and 3A teams, so I hope the crowds will be really good.
chance couple definitely games takes win
We definitely have a chance to win these games. We're going to do what it takes to try to get that done to win a couple games this week.
field full playing starters though
We have not been playing well of late. Our big thing though is it's not how we start, it's how we finish. We have not put a full set of starters on the field yet.