Jim Gilligan
Jim Gilligan
Jim Gilligan is the head baseball coach of the Lamar Cardinals baseball program...
game good pitcher puts stuff texas throw transfer
The pitcher they're going to throw at us in the first game is a transfer from Texas A&M. He has a pretty good arm. He has good velocity, and he puts good stuff on the ball.
good great hung pitchers played
We hung in there and played good defense. Our pitchers did a great job. I thought we pitched really well all weekend.
difficult exactly good guy pitches swinging swings tough unless
Unless you're up there swinging the bat, it's difficult to tell exactly how tough a guy is, but he must've been really tough. He made a lot of good pitches today, and we didn't put a lot of good swings on the ball.
count including lucky mac past pitch sixth threw
Mac struggled. We were lucky to get the sixth inning from him. His pitch count was getting up there (he threw 130 pitches, including 36 in the first), so I wasn't going to let him go past six.
hope lucky residual tomorrow
I'm a lucky guy. I just hope a little of tonight's luck will be residual tomorrow and Sunday.
against defense errors game good shore traded
We kind of traded errors with them. We need to shore up our defense a little, but all-in-all, it was a good game against a good team.
start
This was just one game. We're not going to start pressing just because of one loss.
bottom five guys runs scoreboard team
It's tough, going without guys like that in your lineup. But we battled. ... The bottom line, and what I told our team was, you look up at the scoreboard and there's five runs (Oklahoma) shouldn't have had.
good pitchers score shame turned
This was a shame because I really thought our pitchers did better than the score indicated. Cody did a good job. I don't know. But we'll get it turned around before long.
came gave given position run three today
The only run we gave up today came on a hit-and-run. I thought we got out of position too early. We should have made that play. We could have had a shutout today, and that would have given us three for the weekend.
challenged game guys necessary proud score seven swings telling winning
Through our first seven batters and their first seven batters, the score was the same (0-0), but they (the Lions) were winning the game because they were having better at-bats. After that, I challenged our guys by telling them they had to make better swings on the ball. They made the necessary adjustments, and I'm proud of them for that.
night offensive pitching poor positive
We had a poor offensive night, and we had a poor pitching performance. On the positive side, though, we have (William) Delage going tomorrow. He's been a stopper for us all season, and now he's going to have to do it again.
baseball field park single team
Once we get it all done, it will be better than it's ever been. Our baseball park and our baseball team are going to get better every single day... Right up to the end of the season, the field will get better.
bat confidence home seen swung
Lambeth got a big-time home run, and Henderson swung the bat well tonight. That's the most confidence I've ever seen him have at the plate.