It got us out of a big inning, and that really helped us get off to a good start on defense.

That's not typical. He'll be OK. Tough grip on the ball today and he wasn't coming down right on his front foot, which was causing his control problems. I'm not too worried about him.

Austin walked seven in two innings last week at Geneva, so he really bounced back.

Best team we've faced, no doubt. I told Sean that there was nobody in the conference better than them because they swung the bats real good.

(Orlowski) kept the ball around the plate most of the time. We were really satisfied with the pitching the whole game.

He's a three-year starter, but it's the first time we've faced him. He had a sore arm last year. (But) they're very tough.

We got some hitting today from some of those seniors that did not hit well as juniors. Hopefully they can keep that up. Getting 12 runs on the board is a real shot in the arm for us. It's our first game and you can't be too unhappy with the way we played.

I can't say enough about the middle of the batting order. (But) another kid that's come through the last couple games is Griffin.

In the second game, we struggled a little bit offensively. We didn't do much until we got that big three-run inning. That actually ended up winning the game for us.