Jim Schmitz
Jim Schmitz
Jim Schmitz is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach at Wilmington, Cincinnati, and Eastern Illinois...
key maybe mess singles
I thought maybe that would mess up his swing. The key is he's a singles hitter.
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The neat thing for this game is we didn't get all excited that we were beating Illinois. We play the same way no matter if it's Illinois or Illinois State or anyone else.
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The neat part is that we're swinging early in the count. When you get two strikes, it's hard to get base hits.
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I'm excited how Mike pitched above 80 pitches. We're excited to see him give us five or six innings on Saturday.
failure major
It was a major failure on everybody's part.
against coach everybody good knows last southern week
As a coach we always say no, but everybody knows it is. Everyone will come out the students, the fans. Even last week against Southern we had a good crowd.
action create pressure putting teams
We have to do a little better about putting teams away. I have to create more action to take pressure off our guys.
substitute
There is no substitute for being on our own field.
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Five and four is a good spot to be in right now. Coming home with two wins gets us in the hunt. These next few series are going to be unbelievable.
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Blake got a good pitch away. It's the basic hitting approach. You can call it a flare but it got the job done.
again ball start
We're disappointed in Chris. Your No. 1 has to keep you in the ball game. But we'll start him again on Wednesday.
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It would have been easy to give up but I think we're the best 3-9 team around. I'm really confident this team has the ability to turn it around. This is probably the best hitting team we've had in the history of the school.
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Once we get out there and put some games together where we have some consistent defense throughout the game, that'll breed our confidence. That's what we're looking to do right now.
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The thing I'm most surprised about is the run production. I knew he'd be a catalyst and get on base and steal bases, but the way he drives the ball has really impressed me because he's not a home run hitter.