Vance Arnold
Vance Arnold
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.
experience five guys happen knew learned mistakes night several
We made some mistakes that we had not made in the first five games. That contributed to the situation. We knew anything could happen the other night at Springdale because we've got several guys without much varsity experience on the AAAAA level. But I think we learned from it and we'll be fine.
aggressive bats came forgot game guys happened kids losing people positive second swing talked
We talked after losing the first game that positive people make positive things happen. We forgot about what happened in that first game and the kids battled in the second game. We told the guys to just swing the bats and be aggressive and they came 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.
ball bases bats guys juniors running swinging waiting
We're swinging the bats right now up and down the lineup. We've got so many guys who can put the ball in play and make things happen. We're running the bases well. Even some of the juniors who are waiting to play are swinging the bats well.
guys kept pitch several
We've kept our guys fresh. We will have several guys we can pitch if we have to.
deep gone guess guys history looking pitching ready somebody stand start younger
That has been the history of this team. When we have to go deep into our pitching well, things have not gone well for us. I guess we are going to have to start looking to some younger guys to see if we have somebody ready to stand up for us.
chance good guys pitchers quality true tyler work
It was more of a true league. It was a good chance for some of our newer varsity guys like Tyler Higgs to get in some work and some of our pitchers to get some quality innings.
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.
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.
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.