Vance Arnold Hit Quotations

Cameron's been hitting the ball real well. He's been playing great defense as well. We're really excited to have him back.

Taylor did a great job on the mound. We hadn't pitched Taylor in a while and he came in and got their big hitters out and that's what we wanted from him. Grant Cosby, Tim Carver and Tyler Higgs pitched well. They were in the zone and they didn't walk batters. That's what we need to see.

We accomplished what we needed to. We're really swinging the bats right now and a lot of kids had unselfish at-bats when the game was still tight. We had some walks and a couple of kids got hit and then the big boys knock them in. We just don't have an easy out in the lineup.

We really hit the ball early. But when bad things have happened to us, we swing at the wrong pitch on the wrong count and we get frustrated at the plate.

This group has hit the ball real well. They go opposite field well and they're not afraid to swing the bat.

Our goal for him is not to strike everyone out but to be around the plate and get ground balls. We want him to make the hitters swing instead of taking pitches and keep the tempo of the game moving.

Just so many times before, we've had a lead in the bottom of the seventh and then not come away with the win. I mean, holy cow, their pinch hitter comes up with two outs and two strikes and slaps an outside fastball by the second baseman, and you go holy cow again. I mean, you think, what do we have to do to win?

Tim did a great job of competing and hitting his spots. He's one of those kids, you tell him what you need him to do and he comes through.

We had several guys step up and hit the ball. Sixteen hits and we played great defense and earned some respect.

We continued to put the ball in play. We didn't strike out and we hit the ball hard, but they continued to make big plays.

Drew had a bad first at-bat, and I got on him after that. He came back and was patient at the plate. He saw a pitch and hit it at a big time for us.