He plays with a full motor and runs full speed. He’s gonna be a great player for us.

They understand English but we didn’t understand a word they were saying.

He is a superb kid.

We’re honored to be chosen. We’ll work as hard as we can to live up to it.

That helped set the tone. Then he (Upchurch) leads off and gets a hit.

For our first game, I was really impressed. We were all in the right spots. We had good defense, pitching and hitting.

I knew the type of kid he was. He’s tough mentally. That hasn’t changed.

We’re right there. I don’t think we played a very good game. Errors. We were a little young (with three freshman starters) early. But we came back, we fought back. I was proud of the...

He pitched a great game, a fabulous game.