I've never seen anything like that. It could have turned into a fiasco, but the players calmed down and the game went on.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. He scattered some hits (actually 11), but you can do that when you strike people out. It was the old John Wooden thing. We tell you what we're going to do, and in this case, you hit it if you can.

We beat a very good team, one that was No. 1 in the country at one time.

He made me look real bad on the first slider. I thought, since I looked so bad on the first one, that he might come back with another one. I'm glad it fell in for a hit.

We're not happy playing the No. 1 team in the country close. You lose a game, you lose a game.

If we don't go to Omaha, we failed and that's the bottom line. All this regional stuff, that's great, (but) let's just get hot at the end and go to Omaha.

We didn't bring the same intensity as they did. Good thing about baseball is you get a second chance two days later.