Vance Arnold
Vance Arnold
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.
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.
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.
guess knew listen pitcher smart
It didn't look like we wanted to play very bad. I don't know, we just didn't want to play smart baseball. We know Rogers, we knew what their pitcher was going to do. I guess they just didn't listen during practice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.