I thought Josh pitched well today, threw strikes for the most part. Of course, he hadn't thrown all year. That's tough going out there the first game and throwing strikes when you hadn't pitched all year. I thought he did a good job.

216

They're our two big guns. If we're going to go anywhere this year, we got to have them hitting the ball. ... Those are the guys we're depending on, and they came through for us today. I thought everybody else on the lineup did well too.

211

Jimmy's done that a lot this year. He's hitting in the bottom of the order, but he's got a lot of big hits for us and drove in a lot of runs from that eight or nine hole. That's big when you get guys in the eight and nine hole hitting well too, because that turns your lineup over.

189

We were kind of dragging around a little bit for some reason. We played like we were tired. I don't know if we were overconfident or what, but we didn't play like we've been playing the last six games. That was the difference I thought.

154

We've got to kind of keep an even keel, hopefully work at it, keep getting better and don't peak too early. That's one thing about baseball -- you've got to peak at the right time at the end of the year.

151

It was kind of a statement game. But, it's early. I mean, we can't get too overconfident because things can change in baseball in a hurry. You can turn around and lose three or four in a row just like we're winning three or four in a row.

141

It's hard to stay focused on things after that happened. I thought they came back and did a good job.

128

Bluff did a good job today. They made the plays, (Blackwell) threw strikes. They just seemed like they wanted it a little more than we did today for some reason. We came out kind of flat. I don't know what the problem was -- I don't know if we were overconfident or what.

115

That's big to get on top this early in the season because when you get down you start to kind of doubt yourself. If you can get the lead early like we did today, it builds a little confidence. I thought our kids fed off that.

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