Vance Arnold
Vance Arnold
competing great hitting job tim
Tim did a great job of competing and hitting his spots. He's one of those kids, you tell him what you need him to do and he comes through.
defense earned great guys hit hits played several sixteen step
We had several guys step up and hit the ball. Sixteen hits and we played great defense and earned some respect.
balls couple early four great ground innings plus pressure runs save scoring strikes tempo threw throw took
After he threw four great innings we thought we'd better get him out and save him for Tuesday. That was a big plus that he was able to come over here and throw strikes and get ground balls and he got us out of innings quick. And we set the tempo early and took a lot of pressure off him by scoring a couple of runs in the first.
ball defense excited great hitting playing
Cameron's been hitting the ball real well. He's been playing great defense as well. We're really excited to have him back.
came grant great hitters job taylor tim tyler walk zone
Taylor did a great job on the mound. We hadn't pitched Taylor in a while and he came in and got their big hitters out and that's what we wanted from him. Grant Cosby, Tim Carver and Tyler Higgs pitched well. They were in the zone and they didn't walk batters. That's what we need to see.
against great night throw
It was a great night to throw against a great team.
baker bunt drew drove excellent great job laid late perfect playing position run
I thought Drew Baker did an excellent job playing a new position at first base. He did a great job at the plate, too. He laid down a perfect bunt in our big inning and drove in a run late for insurance. It was a big day for him.
balls game goal ground hitters instead pitches plate strike swing taking tempo
Our goal for him is not to strike everyone out but to be around the plate and get ground balls. We want him to make the hitters swing instead of taking pitches and keep the tempo of the game moving.
bottom cow fastball hitter holy lead outside pinch second seventh strikes
Just so many times before, we've had a lead in the bottom of the seventh and then not come away with the win. I mean, holy cow, their pinch hitter comes up with two outs and two strikes and slaps an outside fastball by the second baseman, and you go holy cow again. I mean, you think, what do we have to do to win?
errors kids stop worry
I worry about the kids getting down. We need to stop making errors and get off of our heels.
ahead ball experience fall last outdoors warm worked
With the fall ball experience and the warm weather, we're ahead of where we were last year. We've been able to get outdoors and get a lot done. We've got all our defenses in and we've worked offensively.
convince experience innings kids trying
We still don't have a lot of experience on the mound. We're trying to get kids innings and try to convince them to go after them.
anybody bats carry conference everybody good guys healthy pitching shape state swinging
We've got everybody healthy and we used a lot of guys today. We've got 11 or 12 guys swinging the bats well right now but our pitching is going to have to carry us from here on out. But we feel like we're in good shape for conference and I feel like we're as good as anybody in the state right now.
bats boys couple easy game hit kids knock needed swinging unselfish walks
We accomplished what we needed to. We're really swinging the bats right now and a lot of kids had unselfish at-bats when the game was still tight. We had some walks and a couple of kids got hit and then the big boys knock them in. We just don't have an easy out in the lineup.