David Allen Moates (born January 30, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the major leagues, from 1974 until 1976, for the Texas Rangers. (wikipedia)
Dillon has played very solid defense for us, we've just got to get him on track at the plate. We've had very solid defense up the middle.
You can't put 23 people on base and expect to win the game. You can't make six physical mistakes.
Their pitcher gets out on the mound and handed us our lunch. The kids did not make any adjustments. They all still tried to pull the ball.
The kids didn't come ready to play from the start. We let that fly ball drop for a double. But they made several mistakes, and we didn't capitalize.
(Griffin) came into the game hitting .430, he's over .500 now. Davis came in hitting .440, now he's over .500. Both kids had (at least) three hits tonight.
We've scored just two runs in the last 18 innings. We're not swinging the bats like we need to. We're not stringing the hits together.
It's his arm action. Then, he gathers himself well on the mound and lets it go. (Olson) even commented that his arm action is better than it was a month ago.
They kids swung the bats, didn't they? We got decent pitching, too. Those are nice pluses to have.
That's what we've been trying to get through their heads. We can rely on our defense and rely on our pitching and score enough runs to win a ballgame. We're not going to overpower anyone with the bats.
For some of these kids, this will be the place they catch the first fish in their lives.