When he's out there on the mound, he's gonna give you everything he's got. Even if things aren't going well, he's gonna want to stay out there and battle through it. That's the kid of kid he is. He's got a lot of heart.

We were struggling at the plate, so we decided to be aggressive and try to get the run in there. They made a perfect relay and a perfect throw.

Those mistakes will hurt you when you're playing good teams like West Florence. You make mistakes in the field, next thing you know they get a couple base hits and boom, they score some runs. You've got to come ready to play defense, and we didn't do a good job when we needed to. And that's the result.

Payne had moments where he struggled with his control, but he pitched well. He had good defense behind him and that was good enough to get the win.