The kids respond to him. He's definitely our leader.

The kids played very hard. They did everything we asked them to do and they left it all on the floor. We just came up short on the scoreboard.

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.