Experience gets you excited. Now guys know what to do to win. We were young last year, but we can't use that as an excuse.

The [Jefferson] infield and outfield were [playing] in. He just smoked one right up the middle.

We didn't compete. Bottom line. From what we have been playing in the last three games, we didn't compete tonight. I'm not mad we lost. I'm mad we didn't compete. There's a difference.

In the season opener, it wasn't typical Brian. He came back last night. He pitched great. He came back after a so-so outing versus Marshall.

Our goal is for everyone to be a hard out. Everyone contributed. All of them were tough outs.

No matter what the score is, they've now been in that situation. They now can say we've been there before and we can come back.