We are struggling getting guys in. We had runners all over the place and guys aren't scoring. Leaving guys on base is not something that sits well in my bones. We have to fix that and get guys in and be aggressive.
We've made some changes in Daniel and he's made a lot of improvements. Every now and then, though, he falls back into an old pattern. He just needs to have more repetitions of the way we want him throwing. Through the course of the year, he's really going to improve. He's got really good stuff.
He just feasts on us. He's a great kid. I really like watching him play from a coaching perspective because he brings a lot to the table, not only for Waterloo but for our conference.
When we start hitting, it gets contagious. It was nice to see us be on the giving side of one of those innings instead of the other side.
Whenever you play a program the quality that Belleville West is, you have to take those opportunities, make them count and score. You may not get another one. We were fortunate to have that inning where we got a lot of breaks our way.
We're going to tie ourselves to his wagon and let him pull us around. He's our leader and he's really matured and accepted that role.
That nine hitter, he's not there because he can't hit. He's just there because they've got so many other hitters in front of him.
That qualifies as a ton of runs. Our hitting approach lately has not been what we teach. So we tried to get back to basics yesterday and do what we really believe in and for them to stay within themselves. That's what I meant by a ton of runs, for them to just stay within themselves and do what they know they do best. And that's what we did tonight.
He was on a strictly limited pitch count of 20 or less in any game today. The opportunity presented itself so we thought we'd use him then. To have your No. 1 come in and save the game like that, it makes me sleep easier at night.
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