Jim Schmitz Quotations

I think the key after playing such a hard weekend with not too many positives is to get on a winning streak. We're bringing in probably one of the best Division II teams, but most of (Tuesday's) practice will be working on things we need: Swinging at strikes and throwing strikes. It's a simple game and we kind of let that get away from us.

It would have been easy to give up but I think we're the best 3-9 team around. I'm really confident this team has the ability to turn it around. This is probably the best hitting team we've had in the history of the school.

We don't even talk about it. We just do it. We broke out the mold last week and we did it again today.

Instead of settling down, he gives up two hits and the lead. It's a lack of focus that really bugs me.

He came to our camp. He's good. We were hoping he was someone from a small school and no one would find out about him but obviously that wasn't the case.

Five and four is a good spot to be in right now. Coming home with two wins gets us in the hunt. These next few series are going to be unbelievable.

The neat thing for this game is we didn't get all excited that we were beating Illinois. We play the same way no matter if it's Illinois or Illinois State or anyone else.

The neat part is that we're swinging early in the count. When you get two strikes, it's hard to get base hits.

We're disappointed in Chris. Your No. 1 has to keep you in the ball game. But we'll start him again on Wednesday.

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.