Shawn Gilmer Quotations

I can't say enough about our guys and the way they came out to play. We're hitting the ball real well and that's something we need to keep doing because we'll have several more games like this left.

Going into his final season we are going to count on him on the mound, in the outfield and at bat. There is no designated hitter for Alan. His batting and pitching are a plus, and even if he is playing in the outfield there is not a weak link.

Our guys are just playing great baseball right now. Things can always change in the blink of an eye, but I think this bunch will stay focused and take this season one game at a time.

Our pitchers need to do a better job getting ahead in counts. Our hitters have to give them some run support for us to win. In the last few ball games that hasn't been happening and the result has not been good.

Our young guys got to play a lot this week and that will help us down the road. It is a long season and you never know when one of those guys will be counted on to come in and make plays.

Robert has started for us since the ninth grade. I have enjoyed coaching him and the time we spent together. I wish we could keep longer.

Robert could have a bright future on the baseball diamond. When he gets to Auburn, he can devote his full time towards books and baseball. With that coaching staff up there, they will afford him the tools he need for his career to take off. Baseball will be his main focus year round so only the thing he can do is get better.

Our overall sports program is losing a great athlete. He is one of the better athletes to come out of here in a long time. He has meant a lot to this school.

I was proud of the way we hung in there and fought. It's always good to get a win in regional play.

We just did not hit and play defense like I know we can. We committed six errors that led to six unearned runs. Auburn came in and played great. I have to give them credit.

We didn't come out with any intensity. We looked like we were asleep in the first inning. You can't give a team like Central a five run advantage to start the game and expect to win.

We didn't score enough runs when we had runners on base, and we got sloppy there at the end. If we keep doing that, that's going to cost us.

We are good for about three or four errors without him. When he was out, we had to make some shifts in our lineup and play a couple of guys out of position. He is a calming influence while out there on the field.

We really didn't know a whole lot about this team coming into the game. We were a little off at the plate. Our defense and pitching made a difference for us to win.

We did not play defense well. We are going to have to get a whole lot better when we get back into region play. I am glad to get the win, but we made too many errors.

While I am proud of the win, it should not have come down to this. We have got to learn how to put a team away when we have the lead. If we are to make a playoff run, we can't give teams second chances.

Without him, we were good for three or four errors. Of course when you have a guy at the plate that is scoring two or three runs a game and is knocking in two or three, you are losing four-five runs of production without him.

We feel we have a great chance to get back where we were last year. We can also go even further with plenty of work and dedication.

This is a tough region that we play. We can't put our backs against the wall like this and expect to win. They made our pitchers work and got ahead in the counts. They played a complete game.

This break comes at a good time for us. It would have been wonderful to go into it on a winning note. We need this time to get our guys rested and ready to go for the stretch run.

I told the guys it wasn't perfect, but it was as perfect a game as we've had in a long time.

I want everyone who can, to come out and support us. This fundraiser is important to us. We have been successful in the past with the community giving up tremendous help.

They came ready to play. They pounded us pretty good.

In years past, we'd get a big lead, shut down and let the other team catch up. We didn't quit, and that's the kind of effort we'll need all year.

If there is an upside to this game, it's that we didn't quit.

I don't know if (the 12 strikeouts) is a record or not, but it's close. He really had his fastball working tonight.

I am very proud of my guys for winning the Boll Weevil Classic for the second straight year. It was a long week in which we played six games, but they stayed focused. We hit the ball really well this week and once again our pitching was outstanding.