Alexis did a great job.

Alexis was very effective. All her pitches have a lot of movement and her change is really working.

The first game tonight was a fluke. We did what we had to do in the second game. We have to show up, defensive-wise and hitting-wise to back up the pitchers.

The spark just didn't carry over the next time we had people on base. What's happening is ... Courtney and Shelby, as the No. 3 and 4 hitters, forget they have to hit early on those pitches and drive them. As the middle of the order, these pitchers are trying to jam them or pitch around them.

We have a new middle name. Call us the Lady 'One bad inning' Tigers. Two runs is not hard to pick up. But the third inning -- and that's what it's been all season. The girls know that.

It's been a long road. You go to church to feel as if you belong to something, you're part of something.