There's no playoff on the line in this game, but this is still a big game for both of us. One of us will win and this will be a feel-good game. This is a pride game.

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Bottom line: Do or die. No other way to approach it.

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We tell our kids that from now on, whether it's one game or three games, you have to play each game like it's your last.

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He's got 50-something varsity games under his belt. He's seen a lot of quality varsity pitching.

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He's a guy you can depend on in a big situation. He comes through with the big hit, or the big play. And on top of that, he makes a lot of routine plays.

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In the first inning, they'd make an error and we'd get a hit and score a run. It's something we've been needing to do all year: make people pay for making errors.

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