Vance Arnold
Vance Arnold
factors kids pull van
Van Buren, Conway. The kids are thinking, 'hey, we're always going to come back and pull it out and we can make this happen.' I tell the kids there are many factors involved: Weather, umpires, luck.
errors kids stop worry
I worry about the kids getting down. We need to stop making errors and get off of our heels.
baker early kept kids knew pitch plan rolling tried
We knew going in that we were going to pitch by the innings. (Drew) Baker pitched really well for us early on, but he got tired, so we said, 'Oh well, we'll use Plan B, then Plan C, then Plan D.' So we just kept rolling and tried to let the kids get outs.
against competition confidence expect kids pitchers prove success themselves tight top tough win
Conference-wise, we should be right back up there as one of the top two in the conference. Even after the success in the tournament, I think our pitchers still have to prove themselves against tough competition in tight games. But I think the kids expect to win and have a lot of confidence 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.
convince experience innings kids trying
We still don't have a lot of experience on the mound. We're trying to get kids innings and try to convince them to go after them.
aggressive bats came forgot game guys happened kids losing people positive second swing talked
We talked after losing the first game that positive people make positive things happen. We forgot about what happened in that first game and the kids battled in the second game. We told the guys to just swing the bats and be aggressive and they came through.
bad came drew hit patient pitch saw time
Drew had a bad first at-bat, and I got on him after that. He came back and was patient at the plate. He saw a pitch and hit it at a big time for us.
defense earned great guys hit hits played several sixteen step
We had several guys step up and hit the ball. Sixteen hits and we played great defense and earned some respect.
ask heel hurt pitcher strikes threw walking
(Cosby) has a hurt heel and he couldn't get comfortable, but he still battled. He still threw strikes and he wasn't walking people. That's all you can do as a pitcher and that's all we can ask for as coaches.
guys kept pitch several
We've kept our guys fresh. We will have several guys we can pitch if we have to.
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.
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.