Todd Genke
Todd Genke
allowed bit fifth four great lost starts threw tired
Jake threw a great game. He tired a bit in the fifth and lost a little of his control, but in four starts he still hasn't allowed a run.
ball base caught cold defended excited great kids needed played threw
We played great defense. It's cold (out here), but our kids defended very well. We threw the ball to the right base and we caught the ball when we needed to. I'm excited about that.
count early great kenny knew pitch season
I knew Kenny had a no-hitter, but his pitch count was getting up there. He was doing a great job, but it's early in the season and I didn't want to keep him in there too long.
came great job matt needed pick
Matt did a great job out there. We needed him to pick us up and he came through for us.
best came fantastic gave great hitters jeff job meat nick order pop
Jeff Holm did a great job. We really don't know what we're going to get from him (sometimes), but he came in (this game) and just did a fantastic job. With the meat of their order up and getting Nick Herrera, one of the best hitters in the area, to pop out was great. That gave us momentum.
add came couple early hold hoping opponents opposition philosophy pressure puts score short zero
Our philosophy is to score in the first inning and then hold our opponents for zero in the first inning and we've done that. We did that a couple of (games) ago and came out on the short end so I really want us to get up early in the game. That puts the pressure on the opposition and we've done that, but we didn't add on like I was hoping we would.
ahead behind defense fortunate game hit phenomenal pitchers pitches played typical
Jake did a phenomenal job. Got ahead of hitters, made them hit his pitches and our defense played very well behind him ? typical early-season game where pitchers are dominant. We were very fortunate to get this win.
defend defending field game home hopefully next pride ready talked week
We need to defend our home field better. We talked about pride and defending our home turf and getting ready for a big week next week. Hopefully this game will be a springboard to next week.
ball good pitching playing runs score
We know that we're not going to score a lot of runs so we're doing the little things at this point. We're playing defense, we're pitching the ball well and we're just doing good things.
anywhere half high week
We had an inning like that a week and a half ago and you just can't do that in high school. You can't do it anywhere really.
ahead ball breaking count early fastball hitters seeing throw work
We work on that a lot, especially early on, being able to throw your breaking ball early in the count and get ahead of the hitters without them seeing his fastball first.
afraid balls couple early games kick ourselves pride
We're not afraid to kick a couple of balls around early in games and get ourselves in a hole. We take so much pride in our defense, but for some reason, we're snake-bitten when we play at home.
ahead behind defense gets hit pitches plays
He gets ahead of hitters, makes them hit his pitches and our defense plays very well behind him.
year
We're pretty much getting on his back. We told him going into the year that he's going to be our guy.