Brian Gruber
Brian Gruber
ball hit looked plate ryan
Ryan hit another ball right to the wall. He looked much more comfortable at the plate today.
ball battling bit guys kept says team
That says a lot about our ball club. The guys keep battling with two out and the other team may think the inning is over and let up a little bit and we kept getting the big hits.
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.
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.
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.
ball deserved doubles extra gave hard hit home kept runs wind
They hit the ball hard and with the wind blowing, they deserved the doubles and home runs they hit. We kept up with them, but gave them too many extra outs.
ball came game hit innings needed
The game came down to two big innings and we hit the ball when we needed to.
ball guys lose matter picking score willing
The guys were not willing to lose the ball game, it didn't matter what the score was. Everyone was picking each other up.
aggressive easier game stolen
We were pretty aggressive in stolen bases. We were making things happen, and when you are up in the game it is easier to be aggressive.
blowing situation tough wind
We have to do something to make things happen. With the wind blowing in, it was a tough day. We had the right situation up.
beat earn game last nice since stripes teams
It was a nice game for us to win, especially since a lot of these teams we didn't beat last year. We have to kind of earn our stripes in the conference.
billy gave heck job mound
Billy did a heck of a job on the mound for us. He battled the whole way through. He gave us everything he had.
build early hard lets mind nice paying victory win work
You get out there and you play hard, but a victory lets you know in the back of your mind that all your hard work is paying off. It's early in the year, but it is nice to get a win to build the confidence.