We tried a different warm-up routine [Wednesday], had him throw longer on the side, feel like an extra inning before he got out there, but it didn’t seem to matter.

I hope you’ve got a good cleaning agent. See what I deal with all day long?

We told our kids that there is no five-run hit. Just go out and get one or two. And then get one or two the next inning.

We swung the bat well. We were doing that all year until the last week. We didn’t hit the ball at all. We came out today re-focused. I thought our kids, for 6 1/2 innings,...