It is so comfortable when you play at home. You have your own locker room and your own routine. It's tough to play on the road. You win on the road with good pitching, a good starting pitching performance. That is what we did not get last weekend in two out of three games. That's the difference. It allows our young kids to relax a little bit and just play.
I don't think Doolittle had his real good fastball that he typically does, and they are a great hitting team. They are hitting .350 for a reason. When Doolittle doesn't have his best stuff and you are on the road against a great opponent it is going to be difficult to win.
It was a huge win and I think the biggest win of our year, quite frankly. Wake Forest has a good team and this puts us in a good position in the league after going about a third of the way through.
I have talked about his poise since he has arrived here and he has proven that. Every time he goes out he gives us a chance to win. Even when he doesn't have his great stuff, he minimizes the innings and gives you a chance to win. That's all you can ask for.
I think that shows the character of this team that we keep fighting back. That's something that you develop over time.
We struck out looking three times. That's unacceptable. Last Sunday, we had an unbelievable day. We had 16 hits and it's not too often that you are going to have 16 hits. A seven-to-10-hit day is more typical.
It's not the first time that this has happened. Hopefully he is able to bounce back. He's a tough kid. He'll play through anything, and hopefully he'll be ready to play today.
Casey was lights out again today.
When you lose a tough ballgame like we did on Wednesday, it is important that your senior leadership and your captains step up, and Mike Ballard did that today. He got us started back on the right track.
We had a good practice Monday and our intensity was good. I talked to the players before the game about coming out today in an attacking mode and to come right after them and we did.
Overall as a team I was very disappointed in our intensity level. We cannot expect to play the game like we did today and win against a good team like Old Dominion.
I was disappointed in our two-strike approach today a little bit.
It comes down to starting pitching. You get yourself quality starts in a ball game you have a chance to win. They did, we didn't. Pat looked like he didn't have it today. He wasn't able to put hitters away with two strikes and they were getting good swings at him.
It was a great weekend for us. Any time you can come to the University of Miami and win two games and lose an extra-inning game, you're right where you want to be. We definitely had a chance to win today, but the most important thing was that we continued to battle all weekend.
All year we've been doing that. People think we aren't big. Maybe we're not, height-wise, but physically and mentally we are.
We take pride in being able to execute that small game. We did not do that yesterday at times. Sometimes you don't get the job done, but the guys didn't give up, that is what was important.
There are a lot of people in the family who don't see each other too often. They're still catching up. A somber mood is going on.
Matt is a very team-oriented guy. He hasn't gotten an opportunity to play much here.He just does his job and works hard. Today, he was getting an opportunity to start and he took advantage of it and swung the bat well and he also caught the ball well.
He is an outstanding prospect. His development has been excellent and has given him the opportunity to start Saturday.
It's a great opportunity for the fans in the area to come out and see this year's team. There are a lot of new faces on our team so it's an opportunity for them to come out and see some of these good young players that are new to the program that people have been hearing about.
He threw the ball very well -- there is a reason why he is the number one starter and he showed it today.
That was just one of those weekends, and that's going to happen in our league. It was just one of those weekends where they had our number.
Every player is eligible to play on our roster, except one player, freshman Wes Williams, so it will be very competitive and it will give us a chance to look at a number of players in a better environment, a more competitive environment.
No matter what you are an assistant coach or a head coach, you get a sense of satisfaction when a kid makes his Major League debut, ... I am proud of what Ryan Zimmerman has done and I am sure Virginia fans are as well.
I told the team after the game this is the biggest win of the year because we proved to each other, that no matter what the odds are, that you can come back and win a ball game. That mentality we will have with us for the rest of the year.
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