It's huge when your offense gives you a huge lead. It calms you down and you can go right after the hitters.
John Koronka
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Discipline at the plate is crucial to being a good hitter. We made good adjustments as hitters this weekend.
Kathy Leitke
She had a big night. You can always credit hitters for hitting well, but if they aren't getting a good ball, it doesn't matter how good a hitter is.
Brian Doyon
Our middle hitters did a good job. Haley (Halcomb) did a nice job dishing the ball to the hitters, finding the holes and dumping the ball off to them.
Laura Smith
It's nice to pitch to hitters and have defense behind you. My arm has been 100% for a month or a month and a half.
Philip Humber
I got ahead of a lot of hitters in that game, and really that's what I need to do every time out. Controlling the count is very important.
Josh Lewis
If they like you, they like you. I guess pitchers tend to move up faster than hitters. It's more difficult for hitters.
Boone Logan
He's been doing that ever since the start of the season-- throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitters.
Brian Fischer
To win two no-hitters in a row was a big deal for us. We were tickled pink. It was like a carnival week here. Fabulous.
Bob Nutile
Hopefully, everybody's focus is more on the game, or the pitcher that we are facing, or the hitters that we are facing.
Preston Wilson
They are both on fire right now. To have a good week we have to be able to control their hitters.
Deanna Gumpf
I like the setter and their big hitters. I like the way they put the ball up to be hit. With one or two little tweaks, they are right there.
Glenn Quinland
We are going to keep the ball down and not make mistake pitches to big hitters.
Michael Gibbons
He's got a real funky motion that's deceptive to hitters.
Stan Cliburn
Our hitters did a nice job of limiting their mistakes. That was a big factor in our being able to come back tonight.
Greg Murley
I think we're going to be able to hit the ball really well. We have some really powerful hitters that got stronger with one more year of age.
Don Noorda
I was in Frank's office, and we were going over all the Reds' hitters.
Bob Brenly
I feel very confident. I don't think anybody is going to blow us out. Do we have hitters? Yes, we do. Every one of my girls can hit.
Jim Oberdorf
When you're around guys like that, you learn so much from the stories they tell and the way they handle hitters.
Jeromy Palki
He didn't look like it was his first time facing hitters. His breaking ball was better than what I remember.
Adam Melhuse
I think that any given day we could have given them a better game than we did. They're good hitters. They're good fielders. You have to bring it every game. I don't think we brought it like we could have.
Ashley Pride
We have young players and (LaPorte) exposed our weaknesses. That's a characteristic of having young hitters.
Michelle Salomon
I was basically trying to get a feel for my pitches. I hadn't pitched to hitters since Oct. 1. It's been a while.
Jason Christiansen
Esaias has developed a change-up this year and that's really helped him against left-hand hitters and big guys swinging through it.
Jeff Dufek
Hitters get into a funk with their swing. Almost everybody gets into a bad habit along the way.
Turtle Thomas
He threw a heck of a game. He worked ahead (of hitters) and he stayed ahead.
Shawn Weaver
I think it provides an unfair advantage to the hitters.
Bob Brenly
You can't worry about the things you can't handle. I have nothing to do with the hitters, and they are going to be there more games than not so I am not worried about them.
Nick Schmidt
We've got four outside hitters, and probably all four of them need to be on the court, and I can't have that.
Karen Chisum
Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.
John Mcgraw
We got some hits at the bottom of the lineup today. We know that our first couple of girls are good hitters but when you can do that, it really gives your offense a boost.
Steve Pollard
Going into the games, I wasn't sure what to expect from our hitters just going against out pitchers. I guess our pitchers had a little more movement than what we faced down there.
Ann Munzenmaier
He's not too flashy, but his fastball sinks – has a lot of movement on it. When he keeps it down, the hitters are going to beat it into the ground.
Jeff Dufek
I was proud of our hitters for battling. We were strong all the way around.
Jana Mcginnis
We work on that a lot, especially early on, being able to throw your breaking ball early in the count and get ahead of the hitters without them seeing his fastball first.
Todd Genke
Austin Turk did an outstanding job on the mound. He kept the Andrew hitters off balance.
Paul Raspolich
It's nice to have that (changeup) when you're behind in the count and not limited to fastball-breaking ball that the hitters recognize out of hand early.
Luke Hudson
Once I made hitters chase the curveball it started settling in for me a little more.
Michael Hyde
We have some strong hitters, but our emphasis will be defense. We have a good defense. Our two captains are great leaders. We don't have as much power. We'll win our games through defense and strategy.
Kelly Rikli
We need to be able to handle good hitters and physical teams. We've got to be able to have an answer for that. I'm concerned that we need to do a better job of moving the ball.
Terry Wilczek
He worked ahead of hitters all day. He had good command of his change-up and breaking balls.
Mike Godfrey
She's one of the most pure hitters I've had.
Randy Wilstead
Those are the best two hitters we have. You just have to tip your hat to her.
Kevin Kirby
He pitched good all the way. These guys are just good hitters. It happens. You can't hang your head. We're still in the game. It's just one of those things you have to swallow and put [behind] you.
Gerald Laird
Dave struggled some and went deep in the count to a number of their hitters.
Kris Doorey
They [Nashua] have dangerous hitters up and down the lineup.
Don Mccormack
The biggest difference was getting leads early on. Then you can afford to go after hitters and if you make a mistake it isn't as costly.
Meagan Paradine
Our top four hitters, if they don't get going, it's hard for us to get going as a team. When they get going for us, we play well, and when they struggle, we struggle.
Jay Harper
He's one of the best hitters I ever saw.
Mike Felix
If he does what he's capable of doing, hitters won't hit him.
Dan Sparrow
Our passers did a good job. They gave our hitters opportunities to swing at some nice balls.
Trisha Williams
It's different facing hitters. I just wanted to see some results and gain confidence in as close to game situation as I could.
Matt Morris
It is driving me. It's driving me more now than ever. This is a great team. We've got great pitching. We've got a great bullpen. We've got great defense and we've got great hitters. So, we've got a great chance to do it - and I'm going to do everything in my power to get us there.
A.j. Burnett
I wanted to go after their hitters early and let my defense do the work.
David Poutier
Devin stayed within herself and relied on her mechanics. She's been one of our most consistent hitters.
Holly Brown
He had great control of his pitches. He kept the hitters off balance.
Rowland Skinner
(McCormick) never got rattled out there ... I'm not taking anything away from our hitters, but we couldn't make the adjustments, which is what this game is all about.
Aaron Nieckula
Our hitters were definitely not making adjustments today. As the game goes on, you see the pitcher and you should be able to adjust, and we just didn't do that.
Natalie Peters
Those two base hits I gave up, I had two strikes on both the hitters, and I take pride in that. When you get two strikes on a guy, you have to put them away. After that, I took it upon myself if I get two strikes on a guy to try and go ahead and put them away.
Josh Cribb
They essentially lined up a really excellent group of heavy hitters to bolster their existing management.
Andrew Collins
The wind was blowing out. It was definitely a hitters' day.
Mark Stalker
They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing. And they did a great job getting ahead of the hitters.
Jose Oquendo
It helps with the experience, and it helps to pitch against hitters like that.
Scott Mathieson
We're going to force fumbles. We have a lot of hard hitters on defense. We're going to try to come through your facemask and through your body. Whichever one works best, we'll come through it. We're going to fly around and smack you.
Bernard Pollard
He's aggressive and he takes what the pitcher gives him. He's evolved as a hitter every single year. He does things that a lot of good Division I hitters don't do.
Mark Woodworth
We were picking up their hitters early and closing in on the block.
Brian Doyon
We're a team full of power hitters.
Mandy Campbell
Her being efficient and getting after hitters, getting ahead of hitters, I think, has made our defense better.
Bruce Bonness
He's being more patient. He's getting what I like to call hitter's counts.
Charlie Manuel
They are home run hitters. They are guys that can really make a difference. Very fast.
Houston Nutt
I think it was a booster for our hitters and our pitchers. I mean, to get a Triple-A guy out, your confidence goes up a little.
Jordan Pacheco
We were pretty much laid-back, and he told everybody who wasn't playing to get up and get behind the hitters. It fired everybody up and got us more focused.
Sean Morrison
We have got to get the guys who are proven hitters back to where they should be.
Keith Guttin
We went with physical, fast people who are all good hitters. They will all put the helmet on them.
Ted Schmitz
Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a great hitting ball club. Benton did an exceptional job for us.
Jason Abercrombie
They have some hard hitters.
Janet Wetz
All three pitchers threw well. The pitchers were ahead of the hitters tonight.
Barry Godsey
It's all about staying aggressive and getting ahead of hitters. I didn't get ahead of many hitters at all tonight.
Luke Hudson
Marina pitched well. She has two one-hitters this season, but this was her first no-hitter.
Craig Lauger
The biggest thing for our hitters is to stay with their game plan, stay disciplined, and getting good pitches to hit. If we're able to continue that, we'll be all right.
Greg Beals
I've got to come in throw strikes and stay ahead of hitters. I didn't do that. It is totally my fault.
Jimmy Gobble
It was big to win the first one on the road. Cargill did an excellent job keeping the ball away from their big hitters.
Larry Knight
Even though it looked like an easy game, he went deep into the count on a lot of hitters. But he threw a strike when he had to.
George Alexander
It was the hitters who got it going. I didn't have my best stuff, but I didn't need it.
Brooks Dunn
We have a lineup full of great hitters. I think everybody is starting to pick it up and find their groove.
Travis Jensen
New Bern did a good job in the second game getting the ball to their hitters. When they can do that they can be dangerous.
Bryan Goehring
I felt like I got into a groove right in the beginning. I just kept attacking hitters.
Scott Kazmir
There's their two best hitters. Their best hitters got challenged and they won the challenge.
Walt Patynski
They are a very good team. They have awesome hitters up and down their lineup, No. 1 through No. 9.
Natalie Peters
They always cover the floor well and they dig well. Our strength is our outside hitters and they defend the outside hitters as well as anyone. What they lack in height they more than make up with their service and by covering the floor.
Alexis Curry
They're commanding their fastball, getting hitters out early in the count. They're really doing a good job of attacking the strike zone.
Steve Webber
I don't care if it's low end, high end, wood, you've got to find the barrel of the bat. That's what separates good hitters from bad hitters.
Randy Roberts
You have to keep hitters away from the biggest blockers. I make sure everyone knows what we're doing.
Megan Walden
As hitters, we definitely know when we hit a ball well. But then you see where it lands, and you say 'Whoa.' That definitely felt good.
Carlos Pena
This lineup continues to put pressure on pitchers. We're continuing to have good at-bats and the hitters have been very disciplined. They don't go after anything off the plate.
Michael Lotief
It was good to get back out there. I think I was maybe a little too anxious. I was falling behind hitters.
Paul Maholm
She moved the ball real well and kept our hitters off-balance.
Nick Parry
I thought we swung the bat very well. Good hitters hit mistakes. We were very consistent.
Todd Inglehart
We spread the attack out well. We've got a lot of good hitters and we try to set them all.
Diane Tuller
The thing that Notre Dame does well is it confuses teams with the attack it runs. They move a lot of hitters around. We have to adapt to that.
Josh Gentle
He had better velocity than he's had and he had good location. Those guys are formidable hitters, and we knew that.
Steve Perkins
I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.
Don Drysdale
It's a little frustrating because everyone else has faced hitters now but me. Hopefully, I'll be ready before too much longer.
Josh Sharpless
We just haven't been able to put together the hits yet. We have solid hitters that are more than capable of turning it around.
Kyle Miller
I thought both of our pitchers did a great job. They moved the ball around and kept their hitters off balance.
Dana Fiedler
Pitching and defense is something we've seen every day. But you don't know how your hitters are going to hit against somebody else's pitching.
Robin Petrini
We've got some hitters to replace, no question.
Randy Noland
He's one of the best leadoff hitters in baseball.
Melvin Mora
Both will be big outside hitters for the team this year and key passers.
Katie Dolge
Lauren did a good job of getting the ball to the hitters, and we have such good hitters that (one need) just put the ball up there for 'em. And she does a good job.
Julie Kolcum
I was proud to see them hit with such force and I know they were too. This game gave our hitters a lot of confidence and they really displayed what they were capable of doing.
Lori Snell
The wind was blowing hard straight in. Our hitters adjusted well and drove the ball down. That put a lot of pressure on their infielders.
Danny Jordan
Even the guys out of the 'pen are doing it. They're coming at you, putting hitters on the defensive.
Bob Mcclure
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.
Darrell Butler
Now it's a lot better because the new ballparks, they've got batting cages next to the dugout. We did not hit a ball. Now, hitters go outside the dugout and hit off a tee.
Ramon Aviles
It's just those last three outs. Hitters are going to bear down a little more on those last three outs.
Roy Oswalt
Jeremy did a good job getting ahead of hitters and throwing strikes. He did a nice job.
Todd Mcdougall
She did a great job. She stayed ahead of hitters and took care of business.
Cynthia Zea
K-State did a really good job of keying in on the hitters that were doing really well and they weren't going with Na at all.
Lindsey Hunter
She's very aggressive behind the plate. She's got a strong arm and she's one of our big power hitters.
Alana Lamorte
We missed her a lot. Her sophomore year she was one of our best hitters. We're going to count on her a lot this year. She's done a good job for what she's had to overcome.
Ken Ferguson
He gets ahead of hitters, makes them hit his pitches and our defense plays very well behind him.
Todd Genke
If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.
Don Drysdale
You always hear that when hitters are in a groove, they say that they're seeing the ball well. But Chad makes it so they can't.
Patrick Peterson
You rely on senior hitters to do their job.
George Alexander
The hitters we need are the ones who can deliver when the bases are loaded in the second inning of a close game.
Hank Banner
He pitched great and threw strikes, ... He got ahead of hitters and did what he wanted to do tonight.
Robb Quinlan
Rocky is hitting the ball well when we can get her to stay patient. Our first four hitters are all hitting well.
Emma Morrison
I was concentrating on getting ahead on hitters, to make it easier. I was very confident.
Elizardo Ramirez
I was concentrating on getting ahead of the hitters to make it make it easier on myself by throwing the first-pitch strike, and a quality first pitch.
Elizardo Ramirez
A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
Early Wynn
I don't know. I'd rather ask him about hitting. He was one of the best hitters of all time.
Ed Sprague
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