Jim Schmitz Quotations

We did everything it took to lose. Three of their four runs were walked runs and then we didn't hit.

We have players that can make some outstanding plays.

The only place I got to see him was sitting on the bench.

She made a great catch. The umpire later told me he made a mistake on the call. We were ahead. It changed the momentum.

Mike went out there and didn't do a good job. I'm not sure where we're going to go for the No. 3 starter. It's up for someone to step up.

Obviously, Brandon pitched a phenomenal game. We obviously made some big mistakes in the eighth inning. But the big question is the bats. This is not Oklahoma and Mississippi State. I'm very disappointed with the offense. (Ryan) Campbell is the only one swinging the bat well.

He came to our camp. He's good. We were hoping he was someone from a small school and no one would find out about him but obviously that wasn't the case.

He comes out early all the time. But he's struggling.

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

I think the key after playing such a hard weekend with not too many positives is to get on a winning streak. We're bringing in probably one of the best Division II teams, but most of (Tuesday's) practice will be working on things we need: Swinging at strikes and throwing strikes. It's a simple game and we kind of let that get away from us.

I was very disappointed in the whole weekend. (Disappointed in) how we were ready to play.

I thought maybe that would mess up his swing. The key is he's a singles hitter.

I'm still trying to figure out how it happened. We've come back so well this season. Once we get the momentum going, we become a different team.

We feel good about having the entire package going offensively.

We were unaware it was bugging him against Samford.

We don't even talk about it. We just do it. We broke out the mold last week and we did it again today.

We got off to a good start with two singles in the first inning. That allowed us to get into a good rhythm, and then we were able to come up with some clutch hits when we needed them.

We were just very bad in the first game-and-a-half. I don't know what was going on.

We are concerned with the time off. We want to get started.

Up 2-0 in the seventh, we have to have people in the pen wanting to be there. Our relief pitchers haven't gotten the job done. We have to find someone with that personality.

We'll split it up. We'll have four or five guys throw to get ready for this weekend.

We have to come out and start better than we have.

This will be the signature area of Lake San Marcos. It'll be an absolutely spectacular project.

We've got the offensive firepower and we're going to score our share of runs. It's just a matter of playing consistent defense, and if we do that, we'll be OK.

There is no substitute for being on our own field.

We have to do a little better about putting teams away. I have to create more action to take pressure off our guys.

We're disappointed in Chris. Your No. 1 has to keep you in the ball game. But we'll start him again on Wednesday.

Blake got a good pitch away. It's the basic hitting approach. You can call it a flare but it got the job done.

Five and four is a good spot to be in right now. Coming home with two wins gets us in the hunt. These next few series are going to be unbelievable.

It would have been easy to give up but I think we're the best 3-9 team around. I'm really confident this team has the ability to turn it around. This is probably the best hitting team we've had in the history of the school.

The thing I'm most surprised about is the run production. I knew he'd be a catalyst and get on base and steal bases, but the way he drives the ball has really impressed me because he's not a home run hitter.

Once we get out there and put some games together where we have some consistent defense throughout the game, that'll breed our confidence. That's what we're looking to do right now.

They're always going to the Division II World Series. We've played a number of people in the past like Olivet Nazarene and Quincy and haven't done well.

They're pretty damn good. When you give a team like that as many chances as we gave them, you're gonna be in trouble.

It seems that every time we bring in a pitcher, they walk the first batter.

It's not something that will correct itself in a day.

It was a major failure on everybody's part.

The neat thing for this game is we didn't get all excited that we were beating Illinois. We play the same way no matter if it's Illinois or Illinois State or anyone else.

The neat part is that we're swinging early in the count. When you get two strikes, it's hard to get base hits.

As a coach we always say no, but everybody knows it is. Everyone will come out the students, the fans. Even last week against Southern we had a good crowd.

I'm excited how Mike pitched above 80 pitches. We're excited to see him give us five or six innings on Saturday.

Instead of settling down, he gives up two hits and the lead. It's a lack of focus that really bugs me.

I probably should have made more of a major deal about Saturday's second game. We've been doing a great job of staying in games.

Chris didn't locate it in far enough. He left it over the middle and you saw the results.