Brian Gruber
Brian Gruber
ball both fifth games hit nation played ranked
They are ranked fifth in the nation and hit the ball well. We played well defensively in both games and hit the ball decent, considering the pitching.
execution
It's a gutsy play, but it's all about execution.
against experience few games guys nice picked playing road second southern spring stepped successful teams tired trip
It was a successful trip for us to go against southern teams who have a few more games than us. We picked up experience by going out and playing the game. It was fabulous. It was a nice way to end the spring trip with a win. The guys were a little tired and a little road weary. They stepped up that second game and picked up a competitive win.
bad errors gave sets sixth three
We kind of gave it away in the sixth inning. Errors are bad enough, but when you have three in one inning, that really sets you back.
baseball committing earlier good playing
We are playing good baseball right now, we are not committing turnovers like we were earlier in the year.
game pitching ran rough sixth
We ran into some pitching troubles. This is our sixth game here and we're a little rough around the edges.
ball errors hit mental prepared seven sharp six throw top
We hit the ball well, but defensively we had six errors. And you can throw six or seven mental errors on top of that. We were not very sharp and not prepared to play.
ask ball decent defense errors job nice overall pitchers pitching plate played relay staff throwing
Overall we did a pretty decent job today. We played well defensively. Our two errors were throwing errors on relay plays. They were nothing really major. Our pitchers did a nice job. We don't have a pitching staff that will get a lot of strikeouts. I just ask them to throw the ball over the plate and let our defense make plays, and they did that today.
great hat job pitchers tip
Our pitchers did a great job today, I have to tip my hat to those guys.
continued fact hitting players proud refused stepped timely yesterday
I was especially proud of the fact that they refused to lose. Different players stepped up for us all day long. The timely hitting that we had yesterday continued today.
chance far good guys ourselves played program stick
I think we showed where we are with our program and played with them that first game. It's good for our guys to see that if we play our game, we give ourselves a chance to win. It's a good measuring stick to see where we are and how far we have to go.
achilles ask bats defensive definitely guys heel pop sign swung team three
We swung the bats well and pitched really well. The guys have been doing what we ask them to do. Our Achilles heel is definitely the defensive end. We have two or three pop up in one inning. That is a sign of a young team and we are a very young team.
balls defense fly moving playing runners small
We tightened things up defensively. We are playing defense well and we did the small things like getting fly balls and moving our runners over.
bit chance compared definitely division forward fun games guys iii looking match nice playing schools starting teams
We're definitely looking forward to our trip. The guys are excited. It's a nice thing for us to have a chance to play some other (NCAA) Division III schools on this trip. Granted, these teams will all have their 15 to 20 games in while we're just starting out, but we'll be playing teams that we match up with a little bit better compared to the NAIA teams. We're looking forward to a fun trip.