Vance Arnold
Vance Arnold
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.
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.
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.
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.
advantage best came close handled himself innings kept performance pitching situation tough turned
That was the best pitching performance he's turned in. He came in and handled himself well in a tough situation and got out of two tough innings back to back. He kept us close and we were able to take advantage late.
errors kids stop worry
I worry about the kids getting down. We need to stop making errors and get off of our heels.
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.
guys kept pitch several
We've kept our guys fresh. We will have several guys we can pitch if we have to.
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.
competing great hitting job tim
Tim did a great job of competing and hitting his spots. He's one of those kids, you tell him what you need him to do and he comes through.
chance good guys pitchers quality true tyler work
It was more of a true league. It was a good chance for some of our newer varsity guys like Tyler Higgs to get in some work and some of our pitchers to get some quality innings.
against great night throw
It was a great night to throw against a great team.