Bobby Howard
Bobby Howard
spot trying
We just trying to find a spot for him. It's still early.
leading
We were leading 7-2 in the game. We just didn't get it done.
hit match picked shots
We hit some shots and picked it up defensively and they didn't match us.
plays
We didn't make any big plays. They made more plays than we did.
easier finally good pitching scoring
We had good pitching again, and we finally made it easier on (Kelley) by scoring some runs.
both coming fastball gets inside job pitches plate sides three vintage year
That was vintage Elliott. He spotted his fastball well on both sides of the plate and had all three pitches working. He's done a much better job coming inside this year when he gets ahead.
coaching extra hard merit spent swing time
When that happens, coaching is easy. Merit has been working hard on his swing and has been spent extra time in the cage.
against fought huge noise
We fought back against everything, all the noise and the huge crowd. It wasn't pretty, but we got it done.
ball bit bobby defense eric second stepped time tough
We had a tough time getting the ball to Bobby (Howard) in the second half, and Eric really stepped up. We tightened up our defense a bit and got some rebounds, and that was the game.
plus worked
That's a big plus for us. He has really worked hard.
came guessing
It's a guessing game. They could have pitched out... . He came through though.
ball death defense great played rest shot state tempo tickled
We shot the ball real well and played great defense (early), and that set the tempo for the rest of the game. I tickled to death to be in the state tournament, but our work's not finished.
It didn't last. We thought that was enough (runs).
bases deserved job
We didn't play well enough to win. We had a 7-2 lead. We had the bases loaded. They did a better job and deserved to win.