Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastball hitting club, and Marcus was able to throw his off-speed pitches for strikes.

238

He's really on a tear. He's seeing the ball well, and he's looking for good pitches. It's just a matter of getting more at-bats and doing more situational hitting in practice so we can get ready to play these games.

229

That was a really nice piece of hitting by John. He's not a guy who waits on a pitch really well. He kind of gets out on his front foot a little. He made a great adjustment staying back and driving that ball to right field. It's a good sign he's maturing into a quality hitter.

200

They've got some guys who throw pretty hard. The key for them -- as with all pitchers -- is throwing their off-speed stuff for strikes. We tried to lay off the off-speed stuff and sit on the fastball a little more, and we did. Overall, we hit the ball hard. We hit the ball hard the first four innings but just right at people.

147

They've obviously been great for our program. They're not only great athletes, but they raise everybody else's level of play. They're also great kids.

142

That was a big win. Last time, we had several opportunities to put the game away early and didn't take advantage of them. Coming back the way we did was a good win for us.

133

We're coming on after a little bit of a slow start. We're hitting the ball hard. We're doing more situational hitting in practice, working on hitting in certain counts. Overall, it's just more of a focus up at the plate.

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