We play pretty straightaway (defensively), and we try to adjust as the game goes along. (O’Bryan) hit that ball right on the nose. So, that was a big out.

I felt like we played a little bit tentative early in the game, and that’s a sign of being a young team. But I was proud of the way we hung in there and battled.

John was cruising the first few innings. So, his pitch count wasn’t that high. I didn’t mind sending him out there eight times, but I didn’t feel comfortable sending him out there a ninth time,...

(To be) 1-1 is 50 times better than 0-2, especially in a region like ours, where anybody can beat anybody. It was a boring game for the first seven innings. Neither team was able to...

He missed some spots early. But he settled down and figured out a way to keep us in the ball game and give us an opportunity to win.

If you put the ball in play in high school baseball, you’ve always got a chance. We’d been striking out quite a bit so far (this season), but we did a better job of putting...