It was important to get him back out there and give him a little confidence heading into a key weekend for us.

Casey Lambert just couldn't close them out. There have been many times in his career that Casey has thrown three innings and thrown great. He just didn't make the pitches and fell behind in the count.

Our team was ready to play. This is a very similar game to one that we lost to Georgia Tech on Saturday.

Larry Brown in the luckiest man in the league. He puts a wretched product on the floor night after night, watches it unravel...and then reads and hears how his record is everyone's fault but his own.

I think this is a good idea because the kids will get interested in the sport, ... Anything they can do for the kids is wonderful.

I just didn't get the job done early like I needed to.

That was important to get him back out there and get him with a little confidence in himself going into the weekend.

We're in a great position. We have played four teams in our league so far that I think are going to be NCAA Tournament teams. Now we need to take care of the middle of our schedule here.

How you adjust to [being swept] and how you come back from it is the important thing. I think this team has a lot of character and will respond the right way.

Last year, I kicked for both teams, so I ran either way, but this year was a little more competitive.

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.

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.