Todd Wilkinson Quotations

We started off kind of sloppy with some fundamental errors. But I was obviously very pleased with the pitching and, defensively, we played good ground-ball defense. And the outfield stepped up and made a couple of big catches.

My first task is how we can win the Group A bracket.

I can't imagine anybody else in our league that had a win and two saves and pitched in all three conference games while playing shortstop the other bit of the time. He continues to take the ball whenever we ask him to take it, regardless of how early, how long or how late he's played the field.

Fortunately, (Saturday) we didn't have to use too many pitchers and we didn't have to use Brock so he was ready to go. He's been doing the job for us.

For the way we played, we got exactly what we deserved. We didn't play sound, fundamental baseball. That's the first time in a while we've given up a big inning, and we had our chances to minimize the damage.

He is a strike-thrower. In (the CPL), if you throw enough strikes and let the wooden bat take care of itself, you will be OK. He keeps the ball down and is a very good fielder.

He gave us a chance to win. He threw enough quality pitches and held their offense down enough to give us a chance to get back in it but unfortunately, it wasn't a big offensive day for us and we couldn't get going.

We're proud of the steps they've taken. They've worked very hard to get to this point.

We're in the middle of it. We're rolling now. There won't be any let up.

His versatility is unmatched. No question we wouldn't be where we are without him.

His velocity is picking up every week. He's got enough on it that he keeps them honest.

I thought, when (Tyler) hit that ball over the fence, it really loosened our team up. I thought we were wanting to win too bad. We couldn't quite free it up when we needed it and I thought when he hit that ball, we freed it up. It started to come to us after that.

I think Travis still has better baseball left in him. He could be a good catalyst for us in this tournament.

Our pitchers did an excellent job. I am very pleased. We made several adjustments in trying to pitch to their outstanding hitters. We did a good job of that.

I still think it comes down to fundamental baseball. Somebody making enough defensive plays and getting pitching.

I was really pleased with how our team came out extremely focused and with great energy. Our seniors did a great job of getting us ready, and we jumped out of the gates quickly.

Yeah, it was pretty exceptional. Since the NCAA era, to my knowledge, there's nothing that approaches that.

We made about a 48-hour turnaround. We had really played poorly down at Aiken (S.C.) and our kids have got great character. They showed great pride and I thought they made a great rebound here at the end of spring break. When we can come out and sweep a conference series, that's really a testimony to their character.

The big thing was our (Nos.) 7-8-9 hitters really came through. We've been needing production out of the bottom third of the order.

You never know how it's going. It seemed like a legitimate gamble.

As we go forward, we'll play better. We played like a lot of people play the first time out.

That's an incredible week, a great four games for him. He has always been a hard worker in our program. Giving a guy that works that hard an honor like this makes him feel that all the hours he has spent are paying off.

In his last inning out when he was really in the high numbers, we couldn't afford to go to the bullpen that early. It was critical for him to give us that inning.

He threw the ball down really good in the sixth and seventh innings. Those were his best innings. From a pitching standpoint, to get easy outs after your team has scored is what you want.

He began to flash that kind of power last year. He's become one of the premier power hitters in the league and he's a threat to get you four bases at any time.