Ed Mathey Quotations

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Nick, Trevor and Brian will need to get ahead in the count and work the zone.

We took advantage of the opportunities that were presented to us. In the first inning, we made the most of our three hits.

I thought today was a very big baseball game for our team. I told them yesterday that we haven't done anything at all to slow Kent State down and they've had their way with us. I thought it was important to be competitive.

It is important to get over .500 now and keep our momentum going forward. We've got a big weekend with Eastern Michigan and we need to go in thinking we need to gain ground on the second place team in our division.

I wish I'd known how that was happening so I could bottle it.

Man, Jesse hit that ball hard. Scott Simon killed a ball to right center, and with the wind, it just went nowhere.

That's the one spot on the field that if you hit it with the right spin on the ball it's going to carry. He couldn't pick a better time for it.

I was proud of our kids' effort today because it was not easy to come back after yesterday's disappointing loss and with the uncertainty of today's weather conditions.

Winning this tournament is a great thing for our young team.

We anticipate this game will be a definite battle. We never quite recovered from our West Coast trip that put us behind the proverbial eight ball. We want to win bad to get back to .500.

There is a timing mechanism involved. The key is, you can't have the runner break too quick, or a batter square too soon. Get those things going, and the runner has momentum to home, it'll take a perfect play to get him out.

We need to get out there and play. We need to work in guys that haven't been getting consistent at bats and at the same time get ready for the MAC weekend series.

We're doing a better job with our pitch selection. We were a little slow in developing today, but the second time through the lineup, we made good adjustments on the guy, stayed back and drove the ball the other way.

Brian Toner had a great day today. Brian Smith got the barrel through the ball, Minogue got a couple hits, and we needed everyone of them today. It was a hitters day, tough for the pitchers to establish their breaking balls.

Bobby can run the bases and play defense. It was good to see him get his hands through the ball. We think he is going to be a five-tool player.

It is very comforting for our pitchers to know that the pitches they throw for outs - they'll get outs. We've been getting some above-average defensive play out there, and the success of our pitching goes hand in hand with the success of our defense.

It's a great way to start a game. I wish we could start that way every game.

The best part of the event is that it is a way for parents and players to reconnect and get back together after a spring break that was spent on the West Coast.

It was nice to see Bobby Stevens get his hands through the ball finally.

After this weekend you will start to see some separation in the standings.

That's a nice thing to have. But to expect that is a little unrealistic. If you look at those seven-run innings, we got some help from our opponents. So if they want to continue that, we'll take it.

I think all of our players and coaches are a little salty after this past weekend. We don't think we played up to our expectations and would like to get back out and get on the winning track.

This is a good club in a good league. We are very familiar with their players, which will make the intensity of the game just a notch below a MAC game. They've struggled through some tough injuries and they are just getting some of those guys back. They have played a real tough schedule.