Mike Metcalf
Mike Metcalf
Mike Metcalfis a former English professional footballer who made more than 300 appearances in The Football League for Wrexham and Chester...
ahead chad goes job phenomenal pitchers pound strike stronger work year zone
Chad did a phenomenal job pitching. Our pitchers are getting stronger as the year goes on and he is part of that. We wanted to work ahead in the count, pound the strike zone and be the aggressor.
base eight innings leave people three tough
When you leave eight people on base (actually six) in the first three innings it's tough to win.
bats coppola hit line putting saw suddenly swinging turned
We were swinging the bats the whole game, putting it in play. When Coppola hit it out, they saw he got elevation, and suddenly the groundouts turned into line drives.
aggressive baseball continue good happen playing stay trying
We're trying to continue to stay out of a rut, and playing aggressive baseball is the way to do that. When you play aggressive, good things are going to happen more times than not.
trying
We're trying to get out of a rut.
chad kept pitches worked
What can I say about Chad Burns? He worked his off-speed pitches well and kept (the Sarasota batters) off-balance. He also competed, and that's what we need.
adjusted changed couple fourth game innings job motion nice plan putting
We did a nice job of putting our game plan in motion the first couple of innings then we adjusted in the fourth inning as they changed up.
execute name prepared success
We were not prepared to execute defensively. That's the name of the game. We have success when we can play defense.
beating both fortunate guys last strike
I tell you both guys were beating up the strike zone. We were fortunate we had the last at-bat.
aggressive nights offensive people
This was one of the nights when we put a lot of people in motion. It's part of our offensive scheme. But we want to be aggressive defensively and pitching, too.
good job nice shutting
He did a nice job shutting them down. It was a good win.
clubs good needed played prepared run
We got what we needed out of this. We played some good clubs and got prepared to make a run at the end.
good last opposite
We put good aluminum on the ball. But we were flat. It was completely opposite of how we were last week.
chad executing game great job knew plan stayed zone
Chad (Burns) did a great job on the mound. He knew out game plan and did a great job of executing it. He stayed down in the zone all afternoon.