Joe Hudak
Joe Hudak
across ball blake good great hat plate problem strikes thrown throws tip today
Blake Martin's a great pitcher. The problem with him was that he hadn't thrown strikes in the past. Today he did. When he throws the ball across the plate he's a very, very good pitcher. You've got to tip your hat to him.
balls couple except extremely good played threw
I thought it was another good outing. Heath, of course, threw extremely well, except in one inning when he got a couple balls up. All in all, though, I thought we played pretty well.
balls barrel certainly either game gone good hit negative played win
I don't have one negative thought about them the whole weekend. We played hard. We played well. It was two very, very good teams. Certainly this game today, 3-2, could have gone either way. We hit a lot of balls on the barrel today. We play this well most every weekend, we're going to win at least two if not all three.
ahead alabama ball gotten great mcdonald pitches single start strikes struggled three threw time today worked
McDonald threw a great ball game. He's gotten better every single time out. His first start was down at Alabama and he struggled with his command. Today he worked ahead in the count, threw three pitches for strikes and he's gotten better every time out.
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.
advantage ballpark cheering fans fun great guys huge tremendous weekends
These are huge weekends and it would be a tremendous advantage if we could have 1,000 or 1,200 or even 1,500 fans at the ballpark cheering for us. It would be a great advantage to our guys. It would be so much more fun for our guys and the fans would have a great time.
against forgiven tough wake
It would have been tough to take him out with a no-hitter against Wake Forest. I don't know if he'd ever have forgiven me if I'd done that.
game good hopefully offensive ready today tomorrow
They are a good offensive club, and today is just a start. It is only one game. We've said over and over, every day is a new day in the game of baseball. We have to come ready to play tomorrow, because I know they will. But it is a good win, so hopefully tomorrow we can come out and get another.
bat carried good hits swing swinging timely
Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we've been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately, we've got good pitching, and that has carried us, but we need to get some more timely hits and swing the bat a little better.
gets good guys heath middle pitches threw
The thing about Heath is that when he gets into some jams, that's when he's at his best. When he gets guys on base, he focuses a little better. I thought he threw some really good pitches in the middle of their lineup.
enjoyed last played time
We enjoyed it the last time we were down there. Historically, we've played pretty well at Coastal. But it's a new year.
against four good lost playing struggling three win
We had lost three out of four and were struggling a bit. We were not playing poorly; we just couldn't get a win, and this was a big win against a really good club. It was a good day for the Eagles.
ahead count hard strikes threw throw
(Martin) threw strikes and was ahead in the count. When you throw as hard as he does and you're ahead in the count you're going to be successful.