Mark Elkins
Mark Elkins
count eight few john mind ninth pitch sending throwing
John was cruising the first few innings. So, his pitch count wasn't that high. I didn't mind sending him out there eight times, but I didn't feel comfortable sending him out there a ninth time, and Scott's being throwing real well lately.
bit early felt hung played proud sign
I felt like we played a little bit tentative early in the game, and that's a sign of being a young team. But I was proud of the way we hung in there and battled.
anybody beat boring game matter neither region seven somebody team time
(To be) 1-1 is 50 times better than 0-2, especially in a region like ours, where anybody can beat anybody. It was a boring game for the first seven innings. Neither team was able to get much going offensively, but it was a matter of time before somebody did something.
adjust ball game goes hit
We play pretty straightaway (defensively), and we try to adjust as the game goes along. (O'Bryan) hit that ball right on the nose. So, that was a big out.
ball figured game missed opportunity settled spots
He missed some spots early. But he settled down and figured out a way to keep us in the ball game and give us an opportunity to win.
ball baseball bit far high job putting quite runners school striking
If you put the ball in play in high school baseball, you've always got a chance. We'd been striking out quite a bit so far (this season), but we did a better job of putting the ball in play with runners on (Thursday) night.