Scott Benedict

Scott Benedict
cut john performance though
It was a gutsy performance for John to take the mound. He really battled even though he had the cut on his hand.
hit jet longest second seen
The second one was the longest I have seen hit to that part of the ballpark. He really got it up in the jet stream.
rolling
I wanted to give someone else an inning or two, but he was just rolling along.
barely devon
Devon battled as long as he could, but he could barely walk.
fire hitting hot top
The top of the lineup has been hitting well of late, especially Alvarez, he has been hot as a fire cracker.
steady
That's what he does. He's been steady all year.
absolute ball base catching defense errors good job keeping pitching
We base everything around pitching and defense. We have been doing a good job of catching the ball and keeping the errors to an absolute minimum.
body came care four games liked stay stronger win
It makes you stronger, having to play four games in four days. You have to take care of your body, stay focused. We would have liked to win it, but we came out of it a stronger team.
against anytime district good toughest win
It's a good and important win. The district is one of the toughest in the state. Anytime you can get a win against a district opponent, it's a good win.
needed positive ready runners scoring situation
I told him that if we get into a situation where we have runners in scoring position, he needed to get ready to hit. I had a sense that something positive was going to happen.
base change mentally pitching stay
We're not going to change anything now. We base everything we do around pitching and defense. We've just got to try to stay mentally tough.
tough
We are in such a tough district, we can't even think about California.
command defense game good mantra pitches pitching three typical
Our mantra is good pitching and good defense, so that was kind of a typical game for us. For (Peacock) to be able to command three pitches like that was very impressive.
best freshman possibly quite
He could be quite possibly the best freshman I have ever coached.