Mike Tomooka
Mike Tomooka
great job
She did a great job for us tonight.
arm ball great lee moved pitching tools tough work
Our pitching has been tough and we don't have any stars. Lee has a great arm and she moved the ball well and you have to work with the tools that you have.
ethic forward great kids matter small successful work
Kara is one of those kids you look forward for her to show up to the yard. She has such a great work ethic and she's very successful in everything she does. It doesn't matter how small something is, it's important to her.
choice coaching continue decision great hard mom staff support sure
I'm sure it was a hard choice for her. I know her mom wanted her to continue to play. We as a coaching staff support her decision and we know she's going to go on to do great things.
gets kim throwing
Each day one of them gets a little edge. But it's not like we have a Kim out there throwing big-time heat.
coming constantly soon talking throwing
As soon as they're coming back to the dugout, they're talking about what she's throwing them. They're constantly relaying information.
against compensate goes good hoping offense power speed three throw wednesday
We've got some good power and speed and we're hoping our offense can compensate some of our inexperience in pitching. We're going to throw two or three Wednesday against Sabino and see if we get through It will be a while before one of them goes all seven.
business care performance pleased took
I was very pleased with our team's performance tonight. We took care of business and they just battled.
bunt create good runner swinging
Without a doubt, I thought we'd make that up. The way we've been swinging it I wanted to create a good inning and not just bunt the runner to third.
kids older talent tough
We have a lot of young talent but some of the older kids have jumped up a lot. Out of the 14, we're pretty tough offensively through 11 or 12.
drop good pitchers stayed three
She had a pretty good drop ball. But we stayed with it defensively and all three of our pitchers did a good job.
balls flat run
She can flat out run balls down out there.
lost
That little freshman, she really regained her composure, if she lost it.
everybody mix time win
It's not going to be where everybody will get to play all the time we've got to play to win. It used to be we'd mix up any lineup and try to get some chemistry. But now, we need to win those games.