We compounded too many errors together. On the flip side, R.A. Long fought pitches off, found the holes and banged some big hits.
The strike zone suddenly shrunk. We battled through it and came back to trail 6-4 but could get no closer.
We kicked the ball around too much. R.A. Long has been hot all season. You give a team like that those opportunities, they will do their best to take advantage of them.
We kicked the ball around early in the top of the fourth and gave 'em a big inning.
Steven did a great job working out of jams by keeping the ball down. I can't say enough about his effort.
Taylor looked good. He missed some spots early, but had a lot of strikeouts.
They (Heritage) executed behind two or three good hit-and-runs and they found the holes when they needed to. We made a few mistakes physically and mentally, which compounded into long innings for us.
We have to work on defense next season, make it a focus from Day 1. Making routine plays has been our Achilles all year. Tonight was an exclamation point on that. This was a game we should have won, but we didn't play seven full innings.
Jake had good command of his stuff. He did a nice job.
Jacob Green came in and absolutely shut them down. He did a really nice job, gave them absolutely zero opportunities in the last three innings of that game.
