Rich Anderson

Last week we did not swing the bat well. Today we were having good at-bats. From a coaching standpoint we're swinging a lot better.

(Azevedo) didn't have his stuff today but he just kept kind of competing.

We understand our underdog role and hopefully our players will relish the fact that other schools in our league and section see us as underdogs.

It was a wild game with a ton of distractions, but our guys really hung in there and competed. The whole coaching staff is proud of how these guys have really learned how to fight and believe that they can get the job done.

I think the last two games we lost by one run they didn't know how to get over the hump. They get caught in the moment. (Today) they didn't worry about the score. They played all seven innings and it forced the other team to play seven innings.

Anything higher would be quite a stretch in my mind. Essex has a fantastic track record, and most observers view them as a great management team, value-added group.

Chase didn't have his stuff today. But he still came out and competed. Davis is a good team, that's why they're in first place.

At the beginning of the year we couldn't get the big hit. Now, we've gotten some big hits and it's freed some guys up. We've tried to get them to be aggressive and attack early but they haven't done it. Today, it was nice to jump out and score some runs early instead of playing from behind.