Jodi Hermanek
Jodi Hermanek
coming consistent defense games glad help home last offense pitching ready spent
I think we're ready to go. We've spent the last 15 games getting a consistent lineup, and our pitching has been very good. The defense has been good, now we need to get the offense on the same level, and I think coming home will help that. We're all glad to be home.
attacking ball game letting second
The second game was a lot better. We got a lot better at our offense, attacking the ball and letting it come to our plate.
came confidence depend far game kids last says trailing whether win
These are the kids I'm going to depend on to win the conference, and, whether we're up or down, we're going with those kids. The way they came out in that last game after trailing so far - I think that says a lot about our confidence right now and the team's attitude.
defense job plays shoulders sitting stronger today wins
Our defense has got to come out stronger and we have to make the plays we know we can make. We didn't do our job today and we know it, and it's sitting on our shoulders to come back and get two wins tomorrow.
against came count couple girls great home kids knew needed nice pitching proud runs staff strong today
Offensively I was proud of the girls, as well as the pitching staff goes. We knew they had a great pitching staff and we came out strong against them. We don't have just a couple of kids we count on; everyone can contribute. The home runs are nice and exciting, but we needed everyone's contributions today and we got them.
amy best couple deeper good last late others outing starters stay throwing using year
Bobbi Jo Merrill has been throwing well and had her best outing last week. Corie Jensen has put in some good innings, and Amy Sauer will be just fine. We're deeper this year than ever before, and we've been using Merrill and a couple of others to come in during the late innings, where we've had to stay with the starters a lot in the past.
defense exactly great hitting offense
This was exactly the kind of day we needed. The defense didn't have any errors, the offense was hitting and, of course, we got such great pitching. This put us back on track.
advantage answered becoming biggest chances key needed time took
The biggest key for us was being able to come back when we were behind, and not becoming comfortable once we got ahead. We took advantage of our chances and we answered back every time we needed to all weekend.
assist ball fence hit powerful shows wind
It's just one of those things where we've just got a powerful team. It just shows we can hit the ball over the fence and don't need the wind to assist us.
came slow split
It was a slow day for us offensively. A split isn't what we came up here for, but it's better than (getting swept).
amy best hitters queen
I told Amy she is the queen of my circle. She was amazing. When they had their best hitters up, she was at her best all day.
carry expect games hits pitching reason score second six support
We had 10 hits to their six in the second game, and there's no reason we should end up with a score like that with those numbers. We can't expect our pitching to carry us through these games with the support they got.
focusing holding pitching runs strong three
We'll be focusing on holding them to three runs or less, and our pitching has been strong enough to do that.
allow ball drop good hitting needed timely
We didn't play well. We can't allow the ball to drop out there; we needed timely hitting and good defense, and we didn't get it.