Vance Arnold
Vance Arnold
bad ball count frustrated happened hit pitch swing wrong
We really hit the ball early. But when bad things have happened to us, we swing at the wrong pitch on the wrong count and we get frustrated at the plate.
balls game goal ground hitters instead pitches plate strike swing taking tempo
Our goal for him is not to strike everyone out but to be around the plate and get ground balls. We want him to make the hitters swing instead of taking pitches and keep the tempo of the game moving.
ball continued hit strike
We continued to put the ball in play. We didn't strike out and we hit the ball hard, but they continued to make big plays.
ball brings drove
We drove the ball into the alleys, and that brings a lot of confidence.
ahead ball experience fall last outdoors warm worked
With the fall ball experience and the warm weather, we're ahead of where we were last year. We've been able to get outdoors and get a lot done. We've got all our defenses in and we've worked offensively.
ball bases bats guys juniors running swinging waiting
We're swinging the bats right now up and down the lineup. We've got so many guys who can put the ball in play and make things happen. We're running the bases well. Even some of the juniors who are waiting to play are swinging the bats well.
afraid ball field group hit opposite swing
This group has hit the ball real well. They go opposite field well and they're not afraid to swing the bat.
balls couple early four great ground innings plus pressure runs save scoring strikes tempo threw throw took
After he threw four great innings we thought we'd better get him out and save him for Tuesday. That was a big plus that he was able to come over here and throw strikes and get ground balls and he got us out of innings quick. And we set the tempo early and took a lot of pressure off him by scoring a couple of runs in the first.
anyone ball balls coming defense double earned gets good ground high loves million opportunity season strikes throws turned
If anyone has earned this opportunity it's Grant. Because he was real good when he was young and then kind of disappeared and he's battled back and he's come a million miles. Our expectations weren't real high coming into the season but he's never turned the ball down and the defense loves him because he throws strikes and gets ground balls and double plays.
anywhere ball defense good outfield surprised throw turned
From the outfield to the infield, we can pretty much throw a ball and get it anywhere pretty quickly. And frankly, we were a little surprised that our defense has turned out to be so strong, but we feel really good about it right now.
ball defense excited great hitting playing
Cameron's been hitting the ball real well. He's been playing great defense as well. We're really excited to have him back.
anybody bats carry conference everybody good guys healthy pitching shape state swinging
We've got everybody healthy and we used a lot of guys today. We've got 11 or 12 guys swinging the bats well right now but our pitching is going to have to carry us from here on out. But we feel like we're in good shape for conference and I feel like we're as good as anybody in the state right now.
bats boys couple easy game hit kids knock needed swinging unselfish walks
We accomplished what we needed to. We're really swinging the bats right now and a lot of kids had unselfish at-bats when the game was still tight. We had some walks and a couple of kids got hit and then the big boys knock them in. We just don't have an easy out in the lineup.
bases bats chances ended few five game hands home obvious ourselves played ran saved second smarter third took trying
We ran ourselves out and took the bats out of some hands in a few innings. We made outs at bases we shouldn't have, trying to be too daring. If we would have played a little smarter we could have ended the game in five and saved some pitching. We wanted to take some chances going to second not third and home and we made some obvious misreads.