Both teams hung in there. I admire River Ridge. They battled and didn't give up. It was a well-played softball game with a lot of defensive plays on both sides.

It has its pluses and minuses. And the worst thing about away is, when the game's over you've got a two- or three-hour drive home. Depending on what you do, it makes that drive short or long.

They ran themselves out of the seventh inning.

Defense is a big part [of winning] and running the bases. Tonight, we created a couple things.

That was one tough at-bat.

I always tell the pitchers to throw strikes and let the defense do the work. This was a team effort and the defense knows they were a part of this, too.