Joe Hudak
Joe Hudak
beginning feels good nine weekend year
It was a very good weekend for us. It feels good to be 7-2 right now. If you told me at the beginning of the year that this is where we would be after nine games, I would have said we'd take that.
bat carried good hits swing swinging timely
Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we've been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately, we've got good pitching, and that has carried us, but we need to get some more timely hits and swing the bat a little better.
against forgiven tough wake
It would have been tough to take him out with a no-hitter against Wake Forest. I don't know if he'd ever have forgiven me if I'd done that.
game good hopefully offensive ready today tomorrow
They are a good offensive club, and today is just a start. It is only one game. We've said over and over, every day is a new day in the game of baseball. We have to come ready to play tomorrow, because I know they will. But it is a good win, so hopefully tomorrow we can come out and get another.
allowed balls command decide great hurt seven throw
Actually, we wanted him to not go more than 80 (pitches) and he went 92, which I don't think is going to hurt him if we decide to come with him on Sunday. He had great command and didn't throw very many balls which allowed him to go seven innings.
gets good guys heath middle pitches threw
The thing about Heath is that when he gets into some jams, that's when he's at his best. When he gets guys on base, he focuses a little better. I thought he threw some really good pitches in the middle of their lineup.
enjoyed last played time
We enjoyed it the last time we were down there. Historically, we've played pretty well at Coastal. But it's a new year.
against four good lost playing struggling three win
We had lost three out of four and were struggling a bit. We were not playing poorly; we just couldn't get a win, and this was a big win against a really good club. It was a good day for the Eagles.
advantage certainly classic clubs good talk third time took
We just didn't do the job, offensively or defensively. They are a good club, but they certainly aren't 10-0 better than us. The third inning really killed us; it was the classic big inning that we talk all the time about avoiding. When you play good clubs like this, you just can't do that. It just took us out of the game, and then we didn't take any advantage of any of the opportunities that we had after that.
best freshmen good veteran
We have a veteran lineup but we have a very good nucleus of young kids, freshmen who also can play. They're getting their opportunities and making the best of them.
four gotten josh mcdonald past single threw time top
We're still working that out. Josh McDonald has gotten better every single time out. He threw well this past weekend. He's one of our top four starters.
great streak
It's been a great streak and, hopefully, he can keep it going.
assistant certainly coaches fortunate good great job loyal measure players prepare time trust win
It's like I said before. Certainly there is a good measure of satisfaction in that. My job is to prepare the guys. It's their job to go out, play and win. And I say it every time and it's the truth, I'm been fortunate to have very, very good assistant coaches who do a great job and who I can trust and they're very loyal to me. And I've had very, very good players. That's how you win a lot of games. You have good players around you and you coach a long time.
clubs good typical
It was just kind of typical of the way the day went. We just didn't play very well. When you play good clubs and don't play very well you're going to get beat.