Aaron Nieckula
Aaron Nieckula
ballpark baseball doubles eight extra goes guys hit savvy score team timely wanting willing
We've got some team speed. We've got guys with baseball savvy out there that are willing and wanting to take the extra base. It just goes to show that you don't need to hit the ball out of the ballpark or hit doubles and triples to score runs. We scored eight runs. It's timely hitting.
excuse guys kinds
Submariner like that, you don't see those kinds of guys too often. But that's really no excuse.
base error knock last men via walk
We got men on base, via walk or an error or the base knock that last inning. We just couldn't do anything with it.
bullpen chance coming door good held job offense whether
Really from Day 1, the bullpen has done a good job of coming in, whether we're up or we're down, and they've held the door to give our offense a chance to score.
ask ball came chance giving ronnie score threw
Ronnie came in and threw the ball pretty well ... you can't ask for anything better than giving us a chance to win. Unfortunately we didn't score any runs.
ball hopefully lifted monkey open sure
That was nice. I said, 'You want us to get that ball for you?' I'm sure the monkey is lifted off his back. Hopefully this will open up the floodgates for him.
excited experience nice road
I think they're excited to get out on the road and experience some of the other ballparks and cities. It's nice to get out and experience the road a little bit.
good pitching
On paper, we have a pretty good pitching staff.
ahead ball behind fell guy kept saw worked
Shields kept the ball up, out over the plate, fell behind guys. That's crucial. Their guy worked ahead and you saw what happened. Our guy fell behind. It just wasn't his day. We'll see how he rebounds.
game rattled taking
(McCormick) never got rattled out there ... I'm not taking anything away from our hitters, but we couldn't make the adjustments, which is what this game is all about.
chemistry
Expectations are high. There is a lot of chemistry with this staff, and that's very important.
games high men nice ride
It's nice to ride high after the first two games of the season, now let's see, after a loss, how these young men respond.
learn losses men respond tough
They are young men and they have to learn how to respond to tough losses like that.
ball cap guy hitters job keeping ran staff throwing tip
We ran into a into a guy that was throwing the ball very well ... you've got to tip your cap to that (pitching) staff today, they did an outstanding job of keeping our hitters down.