Those were two outstanding plays Josh made out there. It's not out of line to say that those plays won the game for us.
Jon pitched a very good game, but there were two innings when we gave them five outs. We're a pretty young team, and we were missing a couple of players today, but that's no excuse for mental errors. We have to improve in that area, and it's my job to see that we do.
Jared is the guy we'll look to for leadership because of his experience. He's a very hard-nosed competitor, and I expect him to help make the younger players better.
Ben had some real good at-bats today. He used the whole field, going opposite field for a couple of his hits.
That was a well-executed defensive play. That kind of set the tone as this was probably the best defensive game we've played all year. We only committed one error, and if we can play defense like that, then we'll win games.
We've been committing mental errors early in the games, and it's put us in a hole every time. I like the way we keep battling back - these kids don't believe they're ever out of the game - but we've just not executed well in the early parts of the games.
We want to play Orion again. But we can't look past that first game. You have to respect that first opponent, no matter who they are.
