Mike Harper
Mike Harper
Mike Harperis considered to be one of America's leading opinion makers on NASCAR and ARCA RE/MAX Series racing topics. His Spin Out Zone column was established in 2001 and has grown into one of the industry's most popular racing web sites. In 2007, he joined forces with digital media artist Lori Munro and NASCAR writer Dennis Michelsen in the purchase of RaceTalkRadio.com...
ball definitely hard hit job people throughout
We definitely hit the ball hard. A lot of people hit the ball hard throughout the lineup. We did a lot better job at the plate.
almost ball capable game guy hands hard honestly kids mind played shot surprised surreal tight
I honestly was in the mind set that this was going to be a tight one (after the first quarter). I'm very surprised at the way the game evolved. It was almost surreal the way we find the guy that should have ball in his hands at the right time, and I don't think they ever really got into anything offensively. I'll give our kids credit, they played hard defensively, and I don't think Aurora shot the ball the way they're capable of tonight.
character
We showed some character tonight. (Rogers) could have crumbled. We don't like to do anything real easy.
armstrong character continued hit pitch spots throwing tonight
Armstrong continued to pitch real well. We showed a lot of character to come back two times when we were down. Dana hit her spots pretty well tonight and she was throwing with some velocity.
against five good runs
We scored five runs against a good pitcher.
needed
We executed when we needed to. We scored one more than they did.
despite found losing proud starter win
I was proud of our kids. They found a way to win despite losing a starter right before the game.
hits looking
We were looking to make plays, but we didn't. They, on the other hand, get the hits and that is why they won.
continued needed
We could have crumbled there, but we continued to persevere. We don't like to do anything real easy, but we executed when we needed to.
ball
We just didn't get her the ball enough.
balls base caught chase couple errors good job played problem second spot win
Second base has been a problem spot for us. Chase did a good job and caught a couple of balls there that we hadn't been getting to in games. Hannah played real well at short. No errors at all. You get no errors and you are going to win most of your games.
growing
She's just a sophomore. She's growing up every day.
earlier good last supported year
She had a good year last year. If we could have supported her at all with some runs, especially earlier in the year, she would have had a much better record.
caught front great job spot sweet
She caught one out in front off the sweet spot and did a great job of getting around the bases.