We've got to carry some of this confidence and momentum into the Grenada game. But the guys have been working hard all year and they'll come in focused and ready to play.
We've got three good seniors, and those are guys we're counting on to be leaders for us. The younger players have been around the game, and right now they just need some experience at the high school level.
This reminded me of April and a playoff atmosphere. It's early, but we've got Columbus Monday, and you need games like tonight to prepare for your region games.
We played well the second inning through the sixth, just not the first and the seventh. Our pitchers kept us in the game. Wesley (McCullough) kept his composure in the first.
Just like everybody else, we want them to throw strikes and let the defense make plays. They've all been working hard on location and hitting their spots, and we feel confident no matter who's on the mound.
We got beat by a quality team. We're not going to make excuses. We just got beat tonight.
We couldn't get into a rhythm offensively. Cox had a lot to do with that.
Those were big, clutch hits. That's exactly what we haven't gotten in the playoffs the last couple of years.
Porch is the best we've seen. He's got an outstanding fastball. He's able to get any pitch over at any time. He did a great job mixing up his pitches and keeping us off balance.
Defensively we feel like we're going to be solid up the middle. Teams like to put pressure on your defense, and the important thing for us is to make the routine plays.
