Joe Hudak
Joe Hudak
certainly good played trying
We've always played well here. We're a good club, and I think we're trying to show we can play with other good clubs. We're certainly not intimidated.
guys heath pleased swung
We got up 7-0 and with Heath (Rollins) on the mound, you feel pretty comfortable. I'm pleased with the way we swung the bat. We had 10 different guys get hits.
afraid couple early good insurance offense played runs scores
When your offense scores early, you don't have to be afraid to make one mistake. We got some early runs for Alex, a couple of insurance runs late, and played good defense.
alex came duke extremely good held swung threw
I thought we swung the bats, obviously, very well, and Alex threw extremely well. You have to give Duke credit, they came back and scored some runs, but we held on and got a good win.
defend excited great ready
We're excited about getting ready to play in the Big South. I think it's going to be another great run. We're ready, hopefully, to defend our title.
alabama anybody ask expected game pleased schedule three won
You look at our schedule. We won two out of three at Miami. We won two out of three at Alabama and we've won every other game we've played. As a coach, you can't ask for anything more than that. When you look at our schedule ... if anybody thought or expected we'd be better than (11-2) right now, I'd thought they were crazy. If I'd expected that I'd been crazy. It would have been very unrealistic of us. So I'm very pleased with where we're at.
against certainly expect playing struggling
They've been struggling a little bit, but they're playing a lot better right now. I certainly expect them to play well against us.
alabama beat good series sound win
They're very sound fundamentally. They'll be a very, very good club. If we think because we beat Alabama and Alabama beat them that we're going to win that series then we're going to be in for a long weekend.
balls bats good left mistake offensive pitch swung
They're a good offensive club. But we didn't pitch very well. You've got to give them credit. They swung the bats well. When we made a mistake they made us pay. We made enough of 'em. We left too many balls out over the plate.
allowed balls command decide great hurt seven throw
Actually, we wanted him to not go more than 80 (pitches) and he went 92, which I don't think is going to hurt him if we decide to come with him on Sunday. He had great command and didn't throw very many balls which allowed him to go seven innings.
against alabama certainly clubs coming florida front large miami outside played wherever
I think we are certainly not intimidated coming in here or going to Miami or going to Alabama or wherever we have gone. The only place we haven't played well is at Florida State, but outside of that we have always played well against big clubs in front of large crowds.
believe good trying
I think that we believe we are a good club, and we are trying to show that we can play with other good clubs.
chance command four good kid pitches starter tough
He's a kid that's got four pitches for strikes. When you can do that you can be effective. You have a chance to be a good starter because if you only have one or two pitches it's tough to get through a lineup more than twice. But he's a kid who has pretty good command of four pitches.
good kept trying
This was a good game. It had a lot of excitement. We kept trying to get back in. We just couldn't keep them from scoring. Tomorrow, hopefully, it'll be a better day.