Eric Nieslanik Quotations

He did a great job. He put the ball into play. He stepped in as a freshman in his first varsity game and hits a double in the gap. It's kind of an idea of what he is going to be - he's going to be a great kid for us.

He kept his pitch count down, he had pretty good command. He always has good command of his pitching. We let him down early in the game, didn't make some plays for him and got him some runs, but he battled back and got out of some situations and kind of cruised there at the end.

Everything that was happening was good for our team. The kids came through with some good situational hitting. We ran the bases very, very well in that inning and (Rifle) made some mistakes and we were able to capitalize on them.

Beau pitched fantastic for us. He kept them off balance all game. And some good defense helped him out.

Beau and Chance both did a great job. They made it through today without allowing an earned run between the two of them. We knew those kids were going to carry us - and they did.

This is a setback today. Our goal is to play like the way Moffat played today.

They had that one inning on us. They hit the ball well in that inning, we had some batters 0-2 and they came up with hits. We had that one error and that really kind of opened up the flood gates. They just executed. Take away that one inning, and we're right there.

They're just a really good team. They hit the ball, lay great defense and they have outstanding pitchers. They are the elite of the league.

It was good that Chance was on because it was a game that was very close at the end. It could have gone either way, and he was definitely the deciding factor. Zach hit a home run that got us going and we battled. We made some mistakes, but luckily Chance was able to hang on for us.

It was a very tight game. It was back-and-forth. Both teams were playing very good defense. It was a great baseball game and then we broke it open there in the fifth.

For a first time out on a sunny day on a dry field, I was real pleased. Overall I was real proud of the way we played today. We put some runs on the board, and we had guys who had some good, key hits at certain times.