Leslie King
Leslie King
effort good played quite thrilled weekend
We had a lot of good performances offensively. It was quite a challenging weekend for us, and I was just really thrilled that they put in that much effort and played as well as they did.
both games strong
We scored early. We scored first in both games and wanted to try and go strong out of the gate.
ball chance contain defense park pitching
From a pitching standpoint, we need to contain the other team. We need to keep the ball in the park and give our defense the chance to make some plays. If we can do that, then we'll be just fine.
excellent innings originally
She's had some excellent outings, and she's had some not-so-good outings. Unfortunately, we have to put her in there, and she's getting more innings than I would have originally planned.
coming containing job looking nice olivia performance pitching relief
Olivia Mauro did a really nice job coming in as relief and containing them. That's the kind of performance we're looking for from our pitching staff.
giving inability loss reason scoring
The reason for the loss wasn't our inability to score. We're scoring a lot of runs, we're just giving up too many also.
best doubt fill hole leaves left lose next pitcher top until
It left a hole, there's no doubt about it, and it's a hole that we are not able to fill until next year. She was our top pitcher, and when you lose your best pitcher in your staff, that leaves a big gap.
experience extra serve year
The extra year of experience that we now have is really going to serve us well.
commit commitment four game high kids level love office pack special stick takes time walk
We don't have the scholarships, and kids can just walk in the office at any time and pack it in. It takes a special person to commit -- they have to have a love of the game and a high level of commitment to stick it out for four years.
five runs score team
You can't make five errors. If you give a team that many chances, they're going to score runs on you.
ball bat confidence excellent fearless great level morale playing plays swinging team type
The morale is excellent and the confidence level is really high. The team is making great plays defensively, swinging the bat very well, they're playing this fearless type of ball and that's really great to see.
chances difficult easy instead lead runners second taking
Our infield got a lot of lead runners and a lot of outs at second and third. Instead of taking the easy out at first, we were taking the difficult chances and making them. That really, really made a difference.
ball came continues hitting nine point strong
Our hitting one through nine really came to the plate. We hit the ball very hard, and that's something that continues to be a strong point of the team.
contain hitting pitching staff
Their pitching just wasn't able to contain our hitting and we just out-hit them. Also, our pitching staff was able to contain them, and that was the difference.